noun:

• inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.) - From Ainu

noun:

• reading a text from start to finish
• transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese ➜ よみくだす

expression:

• it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead - proverb

noun:

• man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out ➜ 雨男

noun:

• woman who causes the weather to become sunny when she goes out ➜ 雨女

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun:

• person who does not contribute anything to society; poop-producing machine [literal] - slang - derogatory term - humorous term

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• office system where employees are free to change desk - From English "free address"

noun:

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

noun:

• dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks) - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 虫干し

noun:

• merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

noun / adjectival noun:

• pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• entry (esp. to vehicles); entrance
• equipage for restraining and mounting horses ［のりくち］ - archaism

noun:

• Japan
• Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture ［おおやまと］ ➜ 大和

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil something until it is done (e.g. vegetables) ➜ 茹で上がる【ゆであがる】

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

noun:

• 1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect