noun:

• yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)

noun:

• drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

noun:

• vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢

noun:

• syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit; mitsumame mixed with an(ko) - from 餡 and 蜜豆 - Food term

noun:

• one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "yizhuang" ➜ 半荘

noun:

• overcoat with very simple lines and no shoulder pads, etc. (from: unconstructed) - abbreviation

noun:

• Arts and Crafts Movement

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term ➜ 曙貴時代

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term

noun:

• photograph of two people, usu. male and female - From English "two shot"

noun:

• caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers - archaism - four character idiom

expression:

• three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 損者三友【そんしゃさんゆう】

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun:

• rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce ➜ 雑炊

noun:

• solfa syllables (do, re, mi, fa, sol (soh), la and si (ti))

noun:

• being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on

interjection:

• no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ ひっつき虫

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ くっつき虫

noun:

• user needs (generally in market research and IT)

noun:

• Semite (speaker of a semitic language, esp. Jews and Arabs)

noun:

• pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing - four character idiom ➜ 夏山冬里方式