noun:

• bow collector (type of power contact on the top of electric trains) - From German "Bugel"

noun:

• particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです

expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線行く

noun / ~する noun:

• two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen) ➜ 胴掛け

noun:

• imminent danger; like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road [literal]

noun:

• restrictions on the use of colors by ranks of Heian era courtiers - archaism ➜ 許し色・黄丹

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock ➜ 岩盤浴

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

noun / ~する noun:

• speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) ［代弁・代辯］
• payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) ［代弁・代辨］
• acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) ［代弁・代辨］

noun / ~する noun:

• practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 東海道五十三次【とうかいどうごじゅうさんつぎ】

noun:

• on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

noun:

• comments on current events; public sentiments of the day; current view; contemporary opinion

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake ➜ ツーカー

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目寿司

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

noun / ~する noun:

• involving the audience (by talking to them, bringing them on stage, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

noun:

• Jataka; collection of texts on the early lives of Buddha (4th century BCE) - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit

noun:

• surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies