noun:

• waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

noun:

• knit top with a loose turtleneck or cowl neck design - From English "off turtle"

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

noun:

• marriage-oriented society (in which most people are married, usu. at a young age)

noun:

• boiled red prawn, shrimp, lobster, etc. (sometimes used as a New Year decoration) ➜ 海老

noun:

• curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture) ➜ 母屋【もや】・庇

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; throbbing - onomatopoeia
• noisily; ears ringing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl - archaism

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

noun:

• dark sweet liquid produced after the third heating in a thermal sugar-refining process

noun:

• promotional model (e.g. at a trade show); booth babe - From English "event companion"

expression / noun:

• going back and forth; changing scenery (theatre); fluctuation (e.g. in a market)

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying a portable shrine with arms stretched out (i.e. without shouldering it)

expression / ~の noun:

• trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent

expression / noun:

• a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

noun:

• something wider than it is high
• artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)

noun:

• salad served in a glass, cup, hollowed-out tomato, etc. - From English "cup salad"

noun:

• fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas) - Botany term

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)