noun:

• seeking a venue (usu. for litigation) - From English "forum shopping"

noun:

• formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent) - Law term

noun:

• physical reaction caused by a phobia about going to work

~の noun:

• best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (like a pickle); crunchy - onomatopoeia
• firm (musculature) - onomatopoeia
• stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.) - onomatopoeia

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

noun:

• drawstring; release cord
• lead (e.g. for a dog)

noun:

• period during which monks may go into a summer retreat - Buddhism term ➜ 夏安居

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow

noun / ~する noun:

• exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance

noun:

• alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)

noun:

• seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape

noun:

• xun (ancient Chinese musical instrument resembling a clay ocarina) - archaism - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dunk (e.g. food in a drink)

noun:

• a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace - Buddhism term

noun:

• tool used to extract combusted tobacco from a kiseru pipe

noun:

• New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest

noun:

• skin eruptions caused by a cold or fever - obscure term ➜ ほろ子【ほろし】

noun:

• cloth tie-dyed with a scarlet red dappled pattern ➜ 鹿の子

noun:

• traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period Antonym: 紐鏡

noun:

• necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman ➜ 巫子【いちこ】・口寄せ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a bitter experience - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• bottoming out; reaching a floor; ceasing to fall; edging lower