noun:

• begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)

expression:

• time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short - proverb

noun:

• sea air; sea breeze ［海気］
• ocean and atmosphere ［海気］
• type of yarn-dyed silk goods

noun:

• retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior - four character idiom

noun:

• cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)

noun:

• newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge - From English "free paper"

noun:

• luggage trunk for wrestlers and referees; wicker basket for a wrestler's belt, apron, etc. - Sumo term

noun:

• collision; bumping into
• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ ぶつかり稽古

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

noun:

• spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season - four character idiom

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

noun:

• San-you region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)

noun:

• frizz; short tufts springing up from hair surface here and there; kink; idiot hair

noun:

• bronze currency of ancient China (some pieces shaped like spades and others like opened straight razors)

noun:

• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ➜ 清談

noun:

• var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

noun:

• family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)

noun:

• black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

noun:

• Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

conjunction:

• besides; in addition; also; moreover

noun:

• unit; denomination
• credit (in school)