Nounhandrail; railing; banister

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto drag; to trail; to pull along the ground; to lug · to force (someone) along; to drag (along) · to prolong; to drag out

Noununbound book (damp from the press); printed sheets

Nounprinting

Nountassets (on a suit of armor, armour); vegetable dye

Nounfolded book

Nounfirst print (run) · first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)

Nounthin, sleeveless overgarment worn by pilgrims

Nounsliding or moving along a smooth surface with continuous contact on that surface

Noun, Suru verbimpressed (glued) gold or silver foil on traditional Japanese fabric · type of noh costume

Nounwoodblock printer

NounChinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)

Nounprinted matter

Nouncolour printing; color printing

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbecoming worldly-wise (through one's interactions with other people); becoming sophisticated; losing one's innocence; losing one's naivety

Nounsliding feet; shuffling (one's feet) · moving one's legs forward without letting one's feet leave the ground

Noun(male) masturbation

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbstamping one's feet (in anger, frustration, etc.); scuffing the ground

Nounrustling of clothes

Nounproof printing

Noun(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbecoming streetwise and unscrupulous; growing cunning from experience; losing one's innocence

Nounrubbing from stone (image, inscription, etc.); stone rubbing; rubbed copy

Nounprinting by hand; hand-printing

Nounsurimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste

Nounsore crotch; sore thigh · chafing of the inner thighs

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbrubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together

Noundoor sill; threshold plate

Nounplain white clothing patterned using dyes

Nounclothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

Nounchicken gizzard · fat underbelly of a fish · sand polishing

Nounhulling rice

Nounukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) · staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

Nounukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)

Nounkey-block print (of a woodblock, copper etching, etc.); key-plate print; outline block print

Nounwood lath

Nounsalt rubbing; sprinkling salt over a vegetable and rolling it on a cutting board

Nounwoodblock printing done with black ink only; woodblock print made with black ink only

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

Nountrain of dress; trailing skirt · woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion

Nounpestle

Nounsycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; brown-nosing; sycophant; flatterer; toady; apple-polisher; brown-noser; ass-kisser · sesame seed grinding

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verbto rub in (e.g. cream into the skin) · to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounpassing; (person) who happens to pass by · (place) that one happens to pass by · casual (e.g. romance); momentary; transient

Nounmethod of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials · coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner

Nounwoodblock printing; woodblock print

Nounskirting board (in a Japanese-style room); baseboard

Nounpolishing; polished item · match (for lighting a fire)

Nounbaluster; banister