noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

noun:

• boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar - Food term ➜ 膾【なます】・菊花膾

noun:

• money tip wrapped in paper

expression:

• in minute detail

noun:

• words mainly used in songs or poetry ➜ 歌詞【うたことば】

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing in customers; attracting an audience; luring customers

expression:

• in respect of; in regards to; as for - honorific language - polite language ➜ に於いて

noun:

• five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

noun:

• in secret

noun / expression:

• in the belly
• in one's heart of hearts

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 移り箸

noun:

• working as a lady's maid

godan ~る verb:

• to give in; to give up - from 妥協 - slang

noun:

• in the palace

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to stop in the midst of; to leave undone - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 差す【さす】

noun:

• benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings - four character idiom - Buddhism term

expression:

• in its entirety; whole ➜ 丸【まる】・儘【まま】

noun:

• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute ➜ 商売人

expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

noun:

• footprint of the Buddha carved in stone

noun:

• kotatsu not put away but used in spring - obscure term

noun:

• self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.) - From English "drink bar"

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to play in a group

noun / ~する noun:

• with hands in pockets; idleness