noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• 17C male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

noun:

• snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley

noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

noun:

• snippets; trimmings; cuttings

noun:

• Quanrong; ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BCE)

noun:

• Palme d'Or (highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival)

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

• mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props ➜ バミる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of
• to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle

noun:

• puzzle ring; wire puzzle
• exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go

noun:

• Abenomics; economic and monetary policies of Shinzo Abe, 90th and 96th prime minister of Japan, during his second term

noun:

• country's official writing system; native script
• kana ➜ 仮名【かな】
• kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) ➜ 漢字

noun:

• block booking; system where distributors sell multiple films to cinemas as a unit ➜ フリーブッキング

noun:

• salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours ➜ 割増賃金

noun:

• (being in) the black; surplus Antonym: 赤字
• black letter

noun:

• sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
• sacrifice (to the gods) ➜ 生け贄

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• at first; at the beginning; initially; originally

noun:

• the said person; he; she; same person

noun:

• pair; the two; both persons; both things

noun / suffix noun:

• medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor

noun:

• (hand) gesture; movement of the hand

noun:

• sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land

auxiliary verb:

• like; as if; the same as ➜ 如き