noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.) - From English "room share"

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• van or truck with a display, retail, etc. facility; mobile showroom - From English "caravan car"

noun:

• Stegostomatidae; family of Indo-Pacific carpet sharks containing a single species, Stegostoma fasciatum

noun:

• Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi, a large species of tarantula) ➜ ルブロンオオツチグモ

noun:

• Luvaridae; family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish

noun:

• long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り

noun:

• branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
• abatis

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow

noun:

• throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

noun:

• soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate

noun:

• umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 猪苓舞茸

noun:

• sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi

noun:

• platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants - Buddhism term

noun:

• dagger; dirk; knife
• threatening quality (in a voice, etc.)

prefix:

• muddy; turbid; murky; unclear

auxiliary:

• be; is ［どす］ - polite copula abbreviated from でおす - polite language - abbreviation - Kyōto dialect ➜ おす

noun:

• sitting between the host and guest of honour at a drinking party (honor); companion

noun:

• alvar; biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words