noun:

• sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument - four character idiom

noun:

• sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument - four character idiom

noun:

• Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

noun:

• (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom) - four character idiom

noun:

• (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire - four character idiom

noun:

• harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony - four character idiom

noun:

• one of the accent patterns of Japanese words, with a rising and then falling pitch

noun:

• prefixed unit of measurement (i.e. millimeter, kilogram, etc.) - obsolete term
• supplementary SI unit (radian and steradian) ➜ 組立単位

noun:

• type of leather belt worn with ceremonial court dress and decorated with a rhinoceros horn - obscure term

noun:

• sweetie (sweet green-skinned citrus; cross between a grapefruit and a pomelo); oroblanco

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to (relax and) stretch one's legs out
• to go for a further walk

noun:

• Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes) ➜ ゼノンの逆説

noun:

• otaku car (painted with anime characters, loaded with figures and stuffed dolls, etc.) - colloquialism ➜ オタク・ヲタ車・痛車

noun:

• otaku car (painted with anime characters, loaded with figures and stuffed dolls, etc.) - colloquialism ➜ オタ車・ヲタク・痛車

noun:

• series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet ➜ 兜

noun:

• hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism

noun:

• area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

noun:

• something that smells of fish or blood ➜ 生臭い
• meat and fish ➜ 生臭物
• degenerate monk; corrupt priest - abbreviation ➜ 生臭坊主

noun:

• all pungs; winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• puppy; whelp
• magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep

noun:

• cake salé; salty, unsweet pound cake (usu. incl. cheese and vegetables) - Food term - From French

noun:

• soup of dumplings filled with walnuts and brown sugar, boiled together with vegetables, tofu, etc. - Food term

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism