noun:

• sweet rice jelly
• Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener) - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought

noun / ~の noun:

• in earnest; single-minded; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into - four character idiom
• one and only; unique

noun:

• mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw
• socket; receiving window; slot ［うけぐち］

expression:

• one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer - four character idiom

noun:

• white sand and green pines; beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees - four character idiom

noun:

• undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs
• unit of timber measurement

noun:

• mistake; error; blunder ➜ ミス
• accident; mishap; trouble
• improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

noun:

• Clusiaceae; Guttiferae; family of plants including St. John's worts and mangosteens

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.

noun:

• Sunni Triangle (area of Iraq bounded by Baghdad, Ramadi and Tikrit)

noun:

• euphonic change wherein some mora ('ki', 'gi', 'shi' and 'ri') are pronounced 'i' - Linguistics term

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 襴

noun:

• thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings

noun:

• Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies

noun:

• common and low grade type of katsuobushi
• bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies

noun:

• megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl); mound builder

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 古医方

noun:

• Pomacentridae; family containing about 360 species of primarily marine tropical damselfishes and clownfishes

noun:

• juvenile Japanese sea perch (under two years of age and 25 cm in length) ➜ 鱸

noun:

• flour made from parched rice or barley (can be mixed in hot water and drunk)

noun:

• female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 湯女

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り