noun:

• well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends
• pattern resembling the symbol #; parallel crosses
• number sign; hash ➜ 番号記号

noun:

• riverbed ［かしょう・かわどこ］
• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer ［かわどこ・かわゆか・ゆか］

noun:

• the five virtues
• tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand
• family crest in the shape of such an object

noun:

• going down the road; travelling; traveling
• lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller)
• eloping

noun:

• pornographic pose (spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter 'M')

noun:

• decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi - obscure term ➜ 忘れ緒

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• group of persons working at the imperial court (Yamato period)
• various craftsmen and artisans under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

expression / noun:

• age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

noun:

• China and Japan
• the middle day
• the equinoctial day

noun:

• beginning of the year; early in the New Year

noun / ~する noun:

• putting out the light; switching off the light ➜ 点灯

noun:

• the way back; the way home; return trip

noun / ~の noun:

• the other world; world of the dead; netherworld

noun:

• the whole line; all lines; the whole ship

noun:

• by the end of this week; within the week

noun:

• in the fire; in the flames

noun / ~する noun:

• burning (something) ［かちゅう］ - archaism

noun:

• literary and military arts; the pen and the sword

noun:

• the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

expression / noun:

• the Fall of Man (in Christian theology); the Fall

noun:

• Aquarius (constellation); the Water Carrier; the Water Bearer

adverb:

• along the north coast; along the northern sea shore

noun:

• the whole assembly; the full house; whole group; everyone