noun:

• contest of endurance

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】

noun / ~する noun:

• explaining the meanings of old words

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of polite speech (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") ➜ ですます体

noun:

• administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states

noun:

• non-ordained monk - early Japanese Christian term - archaism - From Portuguese "irmão"

noun:

• twenty-second day of the month
• twenty-two days

noun:

• first session (trading day) of the year

noun:

• the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)

noun:

• young man unknowing of women; male virgin ➜ 生娘

noun:

• railroading an opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism - Buddhism term

noun:

• several kinds of; several varieties of

expression:

• give him an inch and he'll take an ell; give him an inch and he'll take a yard - proverb

noun:

• time of delivery (of a child)

noun:

• work of nature

noun:

• eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮

expression / upper nidan verb (archaic):

• to think of something bizarre; to suddenly have a whacky idea ➜ 奇想天外より来る

noun:

• director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 長官【かみ】

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun:

• (an individual's) way of playing mahjong; mahjong tactics - Mahjong term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Regulatory Reform

noun:

• root of a tooth; fang