noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

noun:

• chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm ➜ 三人遣い

godan ~う verb:

• to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.

noun:

• taking turns; in rotation

noun:

• immediate connection; direct connection - IT term

noun:

• kakistocracy; government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens

noun:

• Characidae; family comprising the characins

noun:

• bare shoulder (clothing style); off-the-shoulder

noun:

• non-store app; smartphone app not distributed through the official smartphone stores

noun:

• shoryuken; uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series

noun / ~の noun:

• very far away; the heavenly shores - four character idiom

noun:

• kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) ➜ マイミク

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

noun:

• cold; common cold - archaism ➜ 風邪

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh - abbreviation ➜ 半跏趺坐

noun:

• dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水喧嘩

expression:

• as; because; with; due to

noun:

• redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels

noun:

• late frost; frost in late spring ➜ 忘れ霜【わすれじも】

noun:

• anecdote; common talk

expression / noun:

• calm before a storm; lull before the storm

noun / ~する noun:

• accompanying; being in attendance on

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉