noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

noun:

• kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms - From English "counter kitchen"

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) - abbreviation
• lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall)
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) ➜ 桟竹

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom

noun:

• manner of speaking
• verbal argument
• objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee)
• rumor; rumour

noun:

• corsage; small bouquet worn by a woman - From French
• bodice of a woman's dress - archaism

expression / interjection:

• time in - said by a referee at the end of a time out - Sports term - From English "no time" ➜ タイム

expression:

• making a move immediately in a timed game (shogi, go, etc.)

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun:

• stringing a bow; person who strings bows
• crescent moon - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り月
• paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り提灯

noun / ~の noun:

• having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble - archaism - four character idiom

expression:

• being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter

noun:

• leader of a nobleman's cavalcade - archaism
• animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox) ［みさき］

expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作

noun:

• lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

noun:

• funny word or gesture
• funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
• a woman's temple hair - archaism ➜ 揉み上げ【もみあげ】

expression / noun:

• point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current) ➜ 潮目
• attractive glance - archaism

noun:

• return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)

noun:

• tufted toothpick; Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday