noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) - obscure term ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• rolling (something); knocking down - abbreviation
• fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line ➜ 転がし釣り
• repeatedly buying and selling

noun:

• media scrum; impromptu press conference; news gathering by a crowd of reporters

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

noun:

• rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)

noun:

• preserving in alcohol
• pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - archaism - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect
• should; must ➜ 可き

noun / ~する noun:

• re-pellet (plastics industry); regrind; grinding plastic scraps into small pieces as a form of recycling

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

expression:

• truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb

noun:

• pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt - From Turkish "paşa"

~と adverb / adverb:

• click; sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと

noun:

• bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)

noun:

• inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc. - obscure term ➜ 文様

noun:

• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

noun:

• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) - archaism ➜ 陰陽道・天一神・方違え

noun:

• boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

noun:

• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

noun:

• interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

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

noun:

• continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)
• roadside lamp that stays lit all night

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se