noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• to stamp on the ground rhythmically while singing ➜ 鼓腹撃壌
• ancient Chinese game of wooden clog throwing

noun:

• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

noun:

• branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
• abatis

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

noun:

• using early morning time (before going to work) for some other activity (e.g. study)

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

noun:

• Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus) ➜ モザンビークティラピア

noun:

• homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.) ➜ キャラ・弁【べん】

noun:

• office system where employees are free to change desk ➜ フリーアドレス

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words

noun:

• person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company ➜ ＮＥＥＴ

noun:

• game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

noun:

• paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

noun:

• journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. ➜ 輪講

noun:

• taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die

noun:

• pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program - From English "radio name"

noun:

• party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils - from Mickey Mouse - Kansai dialect ➜ ボンナイフ

noun / ~する noun:

• reading but not responding to a text message (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

noun:

• system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam ➜ エスカレーター学校【エスカレーターがっこう】

noun:

• antenna
• thing or method used to collect information or opinions

noun / ~する noun:

• surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in