noun:

• crib sheet; cheat sheet - From English "cunning paper"
• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.

noun:

• counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses) - Sumo term

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation)
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 四神

noun:

• kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms - From English "counter kitchen"

noun:

• Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae) ➜ 蓬・アルテミシア属

noun:

• cutover; cut-over; starting new (IT) equipment; transferring from the old to a new (hardware and/or software) system - IT term

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith ➜ 寺請制度

noun:

• cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north

noun:

• blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus, species of requiem shark mostly found in the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 妻黒

noun:

• way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers; fox's window [literal]

noun:

• booth or stall set up on the sidewalk in front of a shop or home (esp. food booths at festivals) - Kansai dialect ➜ 床店【とこみせ】・出店【でみせ】

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・ピー柿

noun:

• Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus) (larger member of the family Cichlidae, important to aquaculture since ancient Egypt)

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

noun:

• Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)

expression:

• if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet [literal] - proverb ➜ まんじゅう
• hiding something good for oneself alone - idiom

expression:

• even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
• there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb

noun:

• the vertical; height
• front-to-back; length
• north-to-south

noun / ~の noun:

• vertical (relationship); hierarchy

noun:

• (weaving) warp ➜ 経糸【たていと】

noun:

• (hard) candy; toffee - Food term
• rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc. - Food term
• amber; yellowish-brown - abbreviation ➜ 飴色

noun:

• rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
• rain during the rainy season

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open
• opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• going side-by-side; going abreast
• running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

noun / ~の noun:

• past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days

~の noun / noun:

• while still alive; during one's lifetime