noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

noun / ~する noun:

• rubdown with a wet towel; cold-water rubbing

expression / adverb:

• maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision

noun:

• place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance - esp. 吉野山 in Nara

noun:

• wind coming from the top of a mountain ➜ 山颪【やまおろし】

expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

noun / ~する noun:

• receiving a present

expression / adjectival noun:

• to be as busy as a bee; like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one - idiom

noun:

• arbor facing a spring (arbour) ➜ 四阿

noun:

• route for a date; course of activities for dating couples - From English "date course"

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun:

• protective cover on a clog

noun / ~する noun:

• fulfilment of a vow; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

noun:

• winning by picking up a discarded tile - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun / ~の noun:

• root of a tooth; fang

noun:

• aluminium can shaped like a bottle (aluminum); metal bottle

noun:

• being on duty with a colleague
• partner; colleague

noun:

• a fishing enthusiast

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to board a large ship [literal]

noun:

• slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller

noun:

• a bird of summer

noun / ~する noun:

• nursing a patient