expression / noun:

• couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship

noun:

• friends who sleep next to each other (without engaging in sexual activities) - abbreviation ➜ 添い寝フレンド

noun:

• blues experienced by man who did not receive Valentine's day chocolate - slang

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子

noun:

• pimp; procurer; someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution ➜ ひも

noun:

• person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill

noun:

• men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become intimate with (e.g. a woman); to become acquainted

noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• oiled multi-layered paper sheet used to sit or sleep on (during the summer); oiled-paper cushion; wax-cloth

noun:

• holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman)
• Virgin Mary

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to make love

noun:

• bareback clothes; clothes which leave a woman's back exposed
• bareback riding

expression:

• though the woman is weak, the mother is strong - proverb

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down

noun:

• ice color; insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice dye ➜ 氷染染料

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to duff (golf); to sclaff; to hit the ground behind the ball during a stroke - Sports term ➜ ダフ

noun:

• traditional married woman's hair style, with an oval chignon on top
• men's hairstyle (Edo period)

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period - Shintō term

noun:

• Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)

noun:

• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card - abbreviation ➜ カンニングペーパー
• crib sheet; cheat sheet - abbreviation ➜ カンニングペーパー

noun:

• tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles
• man and woman walking together; couple walking together - archaism

noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来