noun:

• new adult (in Japan, 20-year-old who has their coming-of-age ceremony within that year)

noun / ~する noun:

• crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

noun:

• Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC ➜ 神武

noun:

• Coming of Age Day (second Monday in January. Prior to 2000 was Jan 15); Adult's Day

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

noun:

• raised leg; lifting a leg
• upturn (in the market) ［上げ足・上足］ Antonym: 下げ足
• sitting cross-legged - archaism

noun:

• cloth dyed in a dappled pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子絞り
• pattern of white spots; dapples - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子斑
• mochi containing red bean paste - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子餅
• fawn - original meaning - archaism ➜ 鹿【か】

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

ichidan verb:

• to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

noun:

• compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

noun:

• apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going into a huddle (over); holding secret (closed-door) conference (about); laying heads together in secret consultation - four character idiom

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 撥音便

noun:

• pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters - Sumo term

suffix:

• having a tendency towards; being close to

noun:

• creole (pidgin which has become a mother tongue) - From French
• Creole (person of mixed ancestry, esp.in the Caribbean)

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

expression:

• even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears; a tear in the ogre's eye [literal] - proverb

noun:

• battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position - Sumo term

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

godan ~く verb:

• to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance