noun:

• macaron (a French pastry made from egg whites and almond powder); macaroon - From French

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

noun:

• visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight

noun:

• style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform - abbreviation - From English "Yokohama traditional"

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean) - derogatory term

noun:

• beshimi; noh mask with a slanted mouth, bulging eyes and large nostrils

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• spine-chilling (hair-raising) (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

expression:

• the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping) - obscure term - four character idiom

noun:

• woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl - archaism

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

expression / adjectival noun:

• clear-cut and straightforward - idiom
• (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank - idiom

expression / noun:

• going back and forth; changing scenery (theatre); fluctuation (e.g. in a market)

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb

expression:

• autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout [literal]; autumn comes with harvest time and clear weather - proverb

noun:

• father and child; father and son; father and daughter