expression:

• hand in hand

noun:

• someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot - from "barcode head"

noun:

• first maple leaves to turn red in the season

noun:

• talking in a delirium

noun:

• green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)

noun:

• leading male role in kabuki

noun:

• something wrapped in a furoshiki ➜ 風呂敷

noun:

• dealing in stolen goods

expression / ~の noun:

• locked in a grapple

noun:

• just-in-time (inventory strategy); JIT

expression / ~の noun:

• in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

noun:

• book in specialized field; book in specialised field

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dye in different colors (colours)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to show interest in

expression / adverb:

• (not) in any way; in no way ➜ 如何にも【どうにも】

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression / adjective:

• failing in one's duty (e.g. to someone)

adjectival noun:

• in perspective; big-picture ➜ 大局

noun:

• children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it

noun:

• paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling
• paper fan used in slapstick comedy ［はりせん］ ➜ ハリセン

noun:

• festival held in July in Fukuoka City; Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to call in

noun:

• scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness

expression / noun:

• being kept in the dark (about); being excluded; being kept out of the loop; outside the mosquito net [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to breathe in and breathe out