noun:

• pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines ➜ 熊野詣で

expression / adjective:

• quick on the uptake; perceptive; intuitive ➜ 勘のいい【かんのいい】

noun:

• golf pro sponsored by the tournament host - From English "host pro"

noun:

• flower or branch fastened in the hair ➜ 挿頭

noun:

• backstop - Baseball term ➜ バックネット
• protection at the rear
• assistant; lieutenant

noun:

• cenote; sinkhole (esp. in the Yucatan peninsula) - From Spanish

noun:

• the newly rich

noun:

• student hostel partly managed by the residents

noun / ~する noun:

• calling someone over the phone many times - colloquialism

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

~の noun:

• against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal

noun:

• wild geese returning north in the spring

noun:

• being owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government

expression:

• sometimes the best gain is to lose - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)

noun:

• spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect

noun:

• new registration; registering for the first time

noun:

• film shown over the New Year period

expression:

• eat moderately to avoid the doctor

noun:

• Japan, the United States and South Korea

noun:

• wearing something for the first time ➜ 下ろし【おろし】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)

noun:

• low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
• Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) ➜ 山の手

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
• staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves