noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

noun:

• the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up & down)
• all directions; everywhere

noun:

• the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void) - Buddhism term ➜ 五行【ごぎょう】
• five great wisdom kings - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 五大明王

noun:

• haggis (traditional Scottish dish made from a sheep's offal cooked in the animal's stomach)

noun:

• earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Han-dynasty China) - archaism

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods ➜ 伊弉諾尊

noun:

• hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)

noun:

• T; t

prefix:

• nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25) ➜ 大正

noun:

• fully raising the curtain when an actor enters or exits (noh)
• curtain with a family crest

expression:

• Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good

~の noun / noun:

• unpromoted (piece) - Shōgi term

noun:

• limit orders that become market orders at the closing auction if not already executed

noun:

• wearing next to the skin (e.g. shoes without socks, trousers without underwear)

noun:

• sending off a customer (e.g. to the closest train station)
• sending customers (somebody's way)

noun:

• helicopter money; stimulating the economy by distributing newly printed money to consumers - Economics term

expression:

• time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• warbler flying from a valley to a tree - orig. meaning ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• finding success in life ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• passing the palace examination ➜ 進士【しんし】