noun:

• shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki
• waterfall resembling a white sheet

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stunned; to be surprised; one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character) [literal]

noun / expression:

• trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick

noun / ~する noun:

• pouring alcohol
• person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman)
• (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

noun:

• board (across a ditch, etc.)
• step; tread; footboard; running board
• pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle

noun:

• opposite the front; front seats in a theater; stalls; orchestra seats
• (seat facing) south side of ring - Sumo term

noun:

• missing part; broken part; chip (e.g. in a cup)
• short weight
• false eye (in go)

noun:

• dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs)

noun:

• story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line ➜ 落語

noun / ~する noun:

• going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; sleeping - children's language

noun:

• baby
• childish person (esp. a young woman)

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

godan ~す verb:

• to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

noun:

• Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 鏑矢
• start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

expression:

• dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs) ➜ 犬猿

noun:

• correspondence theory (theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts) ➜ 整合説

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:

• confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard)

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away ➜ 居たたまれない

noun:

• problems that affect a period of time; hardships peculiar to an age; hard problems of the times

noun:

• combover; comb-over; bamboo screen head (due to looking like the slats of a bamboo screen) [literal] ➜ すだれ・バーコードヘア