noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice - usu. as 口をそろえて

noun:

• (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; futon laid on the floor; sleeping mat Antonym: 掛蒲団

noun:

• jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

noun:

• jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu

noun:

• geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl
• dressed-up beautiful woman

noun:

• small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes ➜ 太鼓

noun:

• type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)

noun:

• type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight) - orig. written as 牛皮 ➜ 求肥飴

noun:

• hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)

noun:

• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

noun:

• horizontally-wrapped fabric forming the bottom part of some traditional Japanese clothing

noun:

• Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895) - obscure term ➜ 日清戦争

noun:

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

noun:

• Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe

noun:

• hinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)

noun:

• southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)

noun:

• variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
• 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
• six ken (10.91 m)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

godan ~む verb:

• to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

noun:

• Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

noun:

• Japanese and Chinese poetry
• poetry; poems

noun:

• standard language (of a country); standard Japanese ➜ 共通語

noun:

• Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir

noun:

• large size
• large oval Japanese gold coin ➜ 小判

noun:

• bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea