expression:

• if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming - traditional belief - obscure term - proverb

noun:

• color of rapeseed oil; clear yellow with a red tinge

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• first stools passed by a newborn baby; meconium ➜ 胎便

noun:

• child who watches a lot of TV

noun:

• outerrise; outer rise; region seaward of a deep-sea trench ➜ アウターライズ地震【アウターライズじしん】

noun:

• stillman; workman who attends to a still (of whisky, etc.)

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun:

• place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)

noun:

• something that will last a lifetime (esp. high quality product) ➜ 一生もの【いっしょうもの】

noun:

• family or brothel with a beautiful woman
• vermillion-lacquered mansion - orig. meaning

noun:

• doing or saying something a little stupid

noun:

• most hallowed grounds (of a sacred site in Okinawa) ➜ 御嶽【うたき】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to make a diagonal move (in the game of go)

noun:

• stupid brat; son of a bitch - derogatory term

noun:

• outer pot of a rice cooker ➜ 内釜【うちがま】
• outdoor bathwater heater ➜ 内釜【うちがま】

noun:

• entrance to a daimyo's mansion
• glans (of the penis)

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• adding (e.g. an entry to a dictionary); listing; inclusion

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

noun / ~する noun:

• actually tasting a food that one has heard of before

noun:

• single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath) - archaism ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)