noun:

• telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

noun:

• lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker

noun:

• sake made from rice or other cereal which is chewed before fermentation

godan ~ぬ verb / intransitive verb:

• to die from embarrassment; to be embarrassed to death - colloquialism ➜ 恥ずかしい

noun:

• spiritual power resulting from Buddhist discipline

noun:

• conversing from the heart; love story

noun / ~する noun:

• purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat - four character idiom

expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught [literal] - proverb

noun:

• suffering from the heat; heatstroke; heat prostration

noun:

• imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu

noun:

• argument from morality (for the existence of God) ➜ 神の存在証明

noun / ~の noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son - four character idiom

noun:

• looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

noun:

• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets ➜ お目覚

noun:

• liver taken from a living animal

noun:

• wooden flower whittled from a log - archaism

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air ➜ 懸腕直筆【けんわんちょくひつ】

noun:

• the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology - obscure term ➜ 麒麟・鳳凰・霊亀・応竜

noun:

• earnings from a part-time job - colloquialism ➜ バイト

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

noun:

• order from the company president

noun:

• karma from a previous existence

noun:

• Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accidents - abbreviation

noun:

• people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese