noun:

• straight-from-the-pot udon; udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce - Food term ➜ うどん

noun:

• telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

expression:

• Japan and Korea as one (slogan from 1910-1945)

noun:

• splitter (device that splits and reassembles signals from different frequencies) ➜ 分波器

noun:

• splitter (device that splits and reassembles signals from different frequencies) ➜ スプリッター

noun:

• Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accidents - abbreviation

noun:

• cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice

noun:

• mixed fertilizer, e.g. made from compost and burned soil

noun / ~する noun:

• prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of ➜ こんな・そんな・どんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of - Hiroshima dialect ➜ あんな

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed) - obscure term ➜ 床を上げる

noun:

• maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately - Martial Arts term

noun:

• steamed sweet bun made from grated yam and rice flour

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term

noun:

• active substance from plants used in manufacture of soap, detergents and medication - From German "Saponin"

noun:

• smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking)
• beacon; skyrocket; signal fire
• fireworks

noun:

• yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

noun:

• overcoat with very simple lines and no shoulder pads, etc. (from: unconstructed) - abbreviation

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) ➜ 六体

noun:

• large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) ➜ 大篆

noun:

• large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) ➜ 大篆

noun:

• cloudy catshark (Scyliorhinus torazame, species found from Japan and Korea to Taiwan)