noun:

• artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)

noun:

• the nine principal points in a game of go

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)

noun:

• break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with - four character idiom

noun:

• sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)

noun:

• offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines

noun:

• rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

noun:

• residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses

noun:

• clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work

noun:

• rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf

noun:

• alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate ➜ 床の間

noun:

• kaoliang; variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits - From Chinese

noun:

• small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be brought up with tenderest care in a good family

expression / noun:

• taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional; Liaodong boar [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation

noun:

• flour paste cake in the form of a tube

noun:

• member country of the executive committee in an international organization (organisation)

noun:

• combover; comb-over; hair combed in stripes across a bald pate - From English "barcode hair"

noun:

• precipitation resulting from thick fog condensing on leaves in a forest

noun:

• poisonous algae bloom (often green in color) (colour)

noun:

• books printed in Japan by the Jesuits (1590-1612)

noun:

• ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince - Sumo term

expression:

• 10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone - Sumo term