noun:

• gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater) ➜ 義太夫

noun / ~する noun:

• persuading by heavy-handed methods
• (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements

noun:

• fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun

noun:

• visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight

noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

noun:

• the dharma eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism - abbreviation
• title bestowed upon doctors, etc. - archaism

noun:

• kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean) - derogatory term

noun:

• plastic tunnel crop cultivation; growing crops in long barrel-roofed vinyl greenhouses

noun:

• rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)

noun:

• banners of thanks for the full house (in sumo tournaments, soccer matches, concerts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun:

• (a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• change in mentality; changing one's way of thinking; adjusting psychologically to shifting circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions - four character idiom

noun:

• hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)

noun:

• new money; nouveau riche; person who has amassed substantial wealth in his lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka) - four character idiom

noun:

• summer greeting cards containing a lottery ticket, sold every year starting in June - sometimes かもめ～る

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction

noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement ➜ 閑寂枯淡

noun:

• moyamoya disease (rare, progressive cerebrovascular disorder caused by blocked arteries in the basal ganglia)

noun:

• Brugada syndrome (genetic condition resulting in increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest)

noun:

• invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)