noun:

• ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.) ➜ 忍術

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki ➜ 鮑結び
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

noun:

• dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc. ➜ 竜血樹

noun:

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

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

noun:

• constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions") - obscure term ➜ 星宿【せいしゅく】

temporal noun:

• today; this day; used in theater (kyogen, noh song, kabuki) when emphasizing ➜ 今日
• these days; recently; nowadays ➜ 今日

noun:

• in-law; relative by marriage

noun / ~する noun:

• logging in order by area

noun:

• shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; people who withdraw from society
• social withdrawal; shunning other people

noun:

• inconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series - slang

noun:

• Northern Di people; northern barbarians; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non- ethnic Chinese to the north - archaism - derogatory term

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

noun:

• sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki) - Food term ➜ 割り下

expression:

• the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar
• rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment ➜ 喝【かつ】

noun:

• adding more tea; adding fresh leaves to used ones in a teapot

noun:

• KuTen code; matrix code system used in JIS character standards - IT term

noun:

• steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)

noun:

• post horse; horses used in the post-station system of old Japan - archaism

noun:

• rice granules; coarse glutinous rice flour (often used in candy production)

noun:

• catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve

noun:

• ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - Sumo term ➜ 大銀杏

noun:

• era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi - Sumo term