noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

• first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) ➜ 宮参り

noun:

• legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) - orig. meaning ➜ ムササビ
• Japanese dish prepared with cooked fish and chicken - esp. 野衾 - Food term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be robbed of one's due; to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite [literal] ➜ 鳶

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer

noun:

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

noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

noun / ~する noun:

• bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest - obscure term
• abdication of an emperor to a successor (China) - archaism

noun:

• mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest
• mountains and forest

noun:

• women's bath; women's section in a public bath ➜ 男湯

noun:

• men's bath; men's section in a public bath

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn to delinquency; to turn to crime (of a child)

noun:

• one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rest against the wall; to lean against a wall

noun:

• plum blossom design; silk fabric with a plum blossom design - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• engraving a woodblock or seal
• woodblock or seal engraver

noun:

• expected date of confinement; expected delivery date (of a baby)

noun:

• men's bath; men's section in a public bath

noun:

• green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

noun:

• women's bath; women's section in a public bath ➜ 女湯

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have a pungent smell; to have an acrid smell

noun:

• call of a strange bird; strange bird-call-like sound

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stand side by side; to stand in a row