expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun:

• window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) ➜ 虫籠格子

noun:

• painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)
• characters written in a way inspired from that style

noun:

• sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest)

noun / ~の noun:

• having leaves and branches loaded with snow

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop ➜ 雪止め

noun:

• processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture

noun:

• winning a championship with a perfect record - four character idiom - Sumo term

noun:

• pushing the opponent with the torso - Sumo term

godan ~む verb:

• to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind

expression:

• having no way to deal with something - obscure term

noun:

• building with a gabled, hipped roof

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

~と adverb:

• with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down) - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; spunky; energetic - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net) - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• bursting (e.g. seams); tight - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• splattering (e.g. cooking oil) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• overcast, with high clouds

noun:

• bread roll sandwich with croquette filling

noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun:

• hot springs bath with simulated natural water supply and drainage; closed-loop hot springs bath

noun:

• shoji with glass window behind a sliding bottom half

noun:

• cuisine with fresh seafoods

noun / adjectival noun:

• brimming with vitality; full of vigor; full of life

noun:

• event where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region ➜ 小正月

noun:

• dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon) ➜ 蝶鮫

noun:

• beef boiled with soy sauce, ginger and sugar