adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

noun:

• bloomers; 'safe' pants worn over normal underwear in sports - From English "under skirt"

noun:

• obfuscated style of Japanese text, used particularly by young women in keitai emails

noun:

• person appointed by an electoral nominee to be in charge of their campaign-fund accounting

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings

noun:

• raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room

noun:

• freestanding building, often in a park, used for receptions, dinners, etc. - From English "restaurant house"

noun:

• flux (substance mixed with a solid in order to lower its melting point); fusing agent

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term

noun:

• juvenile Japanese sea perch (under two years of age and 25 cm in length) ➜ 鱸

noun:

• flour made from parched rice or barley (can be mixed in hot water and drunk)

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

noun:

• diagnostic sphygmopalpation (in traditional Chinese medicine); medical diagnosis performed by feeling one's pulse

noun:

• high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)

noun:

• umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 猪苓舞茸

noun:

• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

noun:

• dagger; dirk; knife
• threatening quality (in a voice, etc.)

prefix:

• muddy; turbid; murky; unclear

auxiliary:

• be; is ［どす］ - polite copula abbreviated from でおす - polite language - abbreviation - Kyōto dialect ➜ おす

noun:

• mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making

expression / noun:

• situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; Benkei's last stand [literal] - idiom

noun:

• direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 依報

noun:

• handing over in its present state; selling as-is, without warranty (esp. second-hand goods)

noun:

• Yazidi; Kurdish ethno-religious community living mostly in Iraq - From Kurdish "Êzidî"

noun:

• soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin (usu. topping on ramen) - Food term