[とます, tomasu] (n) (1) (obs) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres); (2) (See 枡形) square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (3) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (P) #2785
[ね, ne] (n) (1) root (of a plant); (2) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); (3) root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; (4) one's true nature; (5) (fishing) reef; (P) #3528
[けん, ken] (n) key (of a piano, etc.) #5237
[ひも, himo] (n) (1) string; cord; (2) man who is financially dependent on a woman (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp); pimp; (P) #10809
[あかまつ, akamatsu] (n) Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine; (P) #10832
[ぶつ, butsu] (v5t, vt) (1) (also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ) to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; (2) to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); (3) to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); (4) to move; to impress; to touch; (5) to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; (6) to type; to send; to transmit; (7) to insert; to write in; to mark; (8) to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; (9) to till (soil); (10) to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; (11) to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); (12) to pay (a deposit, etc.); (13) to visit (on a pilgrimage); (14) to line (a coat); (15) to bind (a criminal); (P) #11867
[たいせき, taiseki] (n, vs) pile (of things); depositing (in a pile); accumulation (sediment); (P) #11931
[ます, masu] (n) (1) measuring container; measure; (2) box (seating at a theatre, etc.); (3) square on a grid; cell of a grid; (4) (斗 only) square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (P) #12446
[さいごく;さいこく, saigoku ; saikoku] (n) (1) (abbr) the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); (2) western nations (esp. India or Europe); (3) (See 西国三十三所) 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara; (4) (See 西国巡礼) a pilgrimage of these temples #15543
[おちゃする, ochasuru] (exp, vs-i) (col) (sometimes used as a pickup line) to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)