noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

noun / ~する noun:

• brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

noun:

• opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto) ➜ 内裏

noun:

• fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season) - archaism

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り

noun:

• beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta) ➜ 百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】

noun / ~する noun:

• delivery to the wrong house or person (email, postal items, etc.); false notification; mistaken notification; notifying somebody incorrectly

noun:

• crow dipper (Pinellia tuber) ➜ カラスビシャク
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day - abbreviation ➜ 半夏生

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

expression:

• you can do anything if you set your mind to; even an ant's thoughts reach the heavens [literal] - proverb

noun:

• getting paid to go out drinking (usu. a set amount to cover the taxi fare home) ➜ ギャラ

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• work, items, etc. carried over from earlier - colloquialism ➜ 持ち越す

noun / ~する noun:

• hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

noun:

• cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

noun:

• mouth
• opening; hole; gap; orifice
• mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
• gate; door; entrance; exit
• speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip) ➜ 口を利く
• taste; palate ➜ 口に合う
• mouth (to feed)
• opening (i.e. vacancy); available position ➜ 働き口
• invitation; summons ➜ 口がかかる
• kind; sort; type
• opening (i.e. beginning)

suffix / counter:

• counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• Kofuku-no-Kagaku; The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (religion founded in Japan in 1986)

expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other