noun:

• the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

noun:

• doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

noun:

• workshop ［さいくじょ］ ➜ 工房
• Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies)
• Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.

noun:

• dog-friendly café; eatery which allows people to bring their pet dogs and provides separate menus for dogs and their owners - From English "dog café"

noun:

• anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster) ➜ 大蚊
• harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
• to puzzle over
• to defeat easily

expression:

• completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part ➜ 完膚

noun:

• snail's pace tactics; walking slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• trivial matter; cinch; easy as pie; piece of cake; child's play

noun:

• before breakfast - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking; servility

noun:

• Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes
• simple Chinese food; dim sum

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

noun:

• ladle; dipper ［しゃく］
• wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck; Queen Anne's lace - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom

expression:

• no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; fire on the opposite shore [literal]

noun:

• Little's disease (i.e. spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy)

expression:

• there is no comparison between the two; it's not a same-day discussion [literal] - proverb

noun:

• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day) - Food term

noun:

• snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley

counter:

• double; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb