noun:

• fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun

noun:

• distal pronoun (indicating distance from both speaker and listener, i.e. are, asoko, achira) - Linguistics term

noun:

• sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow

noun:

• geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl
• dressed-up beautiful woman

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term

noun:

• powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground) ➜ 抹茶

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun / adjectival noun:

• freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions - four character idiom

noun:

• the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka) - four character idiom

noun:

• combined race (skiing event with cross country and ski jumping)

noun:

• (Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit

noun:

• depressing something and turning it while still depressed (i.e. gas stopper, spark plug)

noun:

• mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• older and fashionable man (wild-looking, burly, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement ➜ 閑寂枯淡

noun:

• Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

noun:

• mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar, etc.)

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce ➜ ちり鍋

expression / interjection:

• I'm off; see you later ➜ 行ってきます

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to go (and then come back)

noun:

• vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish) - obscure term ➜ 生臭物

noun:

• Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)

noun:

• place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

noun:

• Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)