noun:

• location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place

noun:

• dish consisting of fried potatoes, bacon and onion - Food term - From English "German potato"

noun:

• baked pastry topped with a mix of custard and merengue - Food term - From French "chiboust"

noun:

• song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune
• resentful complaint

noun:

• collecting rocks and mineral specimens (as a hobby) - From English "stone hunting"

noun:

• thinly-sliced salmon head cartilage and daikon seasoned with vinegar - Food term ➜ 氷頭・膾【なます】

noun:

• Musashi; historical region consisting of modern Tokyo, Saitama and eastern Kanagawa prefectures

noun:

• sabani sailing and paddling regatta (Okinawa)

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back

noun:

• mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar - Food term ➜ 返し【かえし】

noun:

• not getting along well with each other; being like water and oil - four character idiom

noun / expression:

• three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 益者三友

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be carrying out; to be in the process of carrying out
• to be performing; to be in the process of performing

noun:

• fish going downstream (to spawn)
• dead fish
• fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)

adverb:

• to that degree; to that extent; that much

adverb / noun:

• somewhat; to some extent; to some degree

noun:

• some; part; portion

noun:

• hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack

noun:

• full to capacity; full to bursting; house full; sellout

noun:

• spreading baseless information to benefit one's own position in the stock market (etc.) - From English "position talk"
• statement that is beneficial to oneself

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live on air
• to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) ➜ 仙人

noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head

noun:

• one mobile telephone ring (used by companies, usually sex-related, to register a phone number on a mobile in the hope people will return the call. Also used between acquaintances when swapping telephone numbers, or to get another person to call oneself)

noun:

• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符