noun:

• outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• rising up; towering; billowing (e.g. clouds of smoke) - onomatopoeia
• plump; chubby; fat - onomatopoeia
• shaggy; hairy - onomatopoeia

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish)

noun:

• entertaining people by serving tea (esp. in the Obaku school of Zen) - archaism

noun:

• snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

noun:

• double corner approach (tactic in the game of go)

noun:

• narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)

noun:

• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

noun:

• saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro) - abbreviation ➜ 棹物菓子

noun / ~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• large pile of rocks
• open-heartedness; not being bothered by unimportant things ➜ 磊落

noun:

• Gartner's bacillus; form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans

noun:

• Tarui accent, used in the Kinki region and parts of Hokuriku

noun:

• paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc. ➜ 練り味噌

noun:

• scraps of food, batter, etc. remaining in deep-frying oil ➜ 天かす

adjectival noun / noun:

• well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good ➜ 利口【りこう】

noun:

• mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar, etc.) - Food term ➜ 合わせ酢

noun:

• fleur de sel; variety of sea salt - From French

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Kansai dialect - Food term ➜ どぶ漬け【どぶづけ】

noun:

• rod used to ward off calamities (usu. made of holly olive) - archaism

noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 生チョコレート

noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.

noun:

• solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力