noun:

• following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) ➜ 先腹

noun:

• meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

noun:

• white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon (noh)

noun:

• standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews - abbreviation - From English "recruit suit" ➜ リクルートスーツ

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

expression:

• don't judge a book by its cover - proverb

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• illustration by tables

noun:

• discrimination by birth or rank

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop the opponent by pressing one's head into his chest - Sumo term

~の noun:

• made by grinding stone ➜ 磨製石器

adverb / ~の noun:

• one by one; one each; one at a time ➜ ずつ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be encouraged by initial success

noun:

• language spoken by the Emishi ➜ 蝦夷【えぞ】
• languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch) ➜ 南蛮【なんばん】
• foreign language

noun:

• chanko restaurant, often owned by former sumo wrestler - Sumo, Food term

noun:

• fire caused by war ➜ 兵火

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lead (a man) around by the nose

noun:

• breeze caused by wings flapping

noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

noun:

• noh theater performed at night by a fire

noun:

• Go played by two equally skilled players

noun:

• pictures drawn by a child

noun:

• services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom

noun:

• accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women