noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - formal salutation for a brief letter

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮

expression:

• two heads are better than one; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri [literal] - proverb ➜ 文殊

noun:

• student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ➜ 浪人

noun:

• Jeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits); wagtail; longclaw

noun:

• Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term

noun:

• decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year ➜ 注連縄

noun:

• gluing by hand; gambling without money (on the understanding that losses shall be covered later)

noun:

• type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute - Law term

noun / ~する noun:

• moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)

noun:

• expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history - four character idiom

noun:

• offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

noun:

• dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

noun:

• lady-killer; casanova; Don Juan
• kabuki actor who has mastered the art of romantic acting

noun:

• bustle; crinolette; patch lining the seat (kimono)
• hip pad (football) - Sports term
• loin guard (armor); tasse

noun:

• public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the WWW or an FTP server)

noun:

• Parapoxvirus (genus of large oval shaped DNA based viruses in the family Poxviridae)

noun / ~の noun:

• establishing a large lead over one's competitors; breaking away (from the field)

expression:

• the phenomenon that perfect reasoning fails if an idiot cannot understand it

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term ➜ 北玉時代

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】