noun:

• the Japanese syllabary table

noun:

• Japan; the (Japanese) empire

noun:

• the Japanese islands

noun:

• the Imperial Japanese Army - obsolete term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む

noun:

• yo-yo fishing [literal]; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis, a subspecies of the Asiatic toad endemic to the Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

noun:

• face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ［建て前・建前・立て前・立前］ Antonym: 本音
• ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ［建て前・建前］
• tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette ［立て前・立前・点て前・点前］

noun:

• little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun / ~する noun:

• landing; unloading (e.g. a ship) ➜ 陸揚げ

noun:

• catch (of fish); takings ➜ 漁獲量
• sales (of a shop) ➜ 売上高

noun / ~する noun:

• defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
• preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる

noun:

• grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

noun / ~する noun:

• lead; leading; taking the lead

noun:

• lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede
• lead (wire)
• lead (e.g. dog); leash
• reed (of a woodwind, etc.)
• lied; German song, usu. for solo voice & piano - From German "Lied" ➜ リート

noun / ~する noun:

• read; reading

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year) - obscure term ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• catarrh of the pulmonary apex; pulmonary apicitis; inflammation of the mucous of the upper lung - Medicine term

noun:

• Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters) ➜ 天師道