noun:

• special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels - obscure term

noun:

• rice gruel with mochi - Food term
• azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month - Food term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily

noun:

• type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)

adjectival noun:

• with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 意味深長

noun:

• dark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables - Food term ➜ おろし和え【おろしあえ】

noun:

• paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods

noun:

• mud and tile wall topped with tiles

noun:

• chrysanthemum grown with artificial light

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

expression:

• I am content with what I am (have); Rich is the person who is content with what he is - four character idiom

noun:

• shogunate marital union with the Imperial Family

noun:

• restaurant with a play area for children - From English "kids' cafe"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south

~する noun:

• shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside - From English "in key"

noun:

• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

noun:

• women who have slept with the same man - vulgar - slang ➜ 穴兄弟

noun:

• rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame - obscure term ➜ 御萩

godan ~る verb:

• to hit with a club

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fill (a glass) with water

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to be mixed in with; to blend with ➜ 混ずる