noun:

• eel and cucumber salad, finely sliced, dressed in sake, soy, and vinegar - Food term

expression:

• fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated

noun:

• time of year when television and radio replace programs (usu. spring and fall)

noun:

• village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月

expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wait and see; to see how the land lies

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• identical; same; one and the same; equal
• fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

noun:

• pupil and (dark) iris of the eye ➜ 白目【しろめ】

~の noun:

• dark-eyed; sloe-eyed

noun:

• milonga (tango-like dance)
• place where the milonga and tango is danced

noun:

• benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit

noun:

• house divination; divination based on the position and form of a house ➜ 家相【かそう】

noun:

• Daesh; IS; Islamic State; ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - From Arabic "da'ish"

noun:

• the sky; the universe
• taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi) ➜ 気【き】

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) - abbreviation ➜ 身八つ口

adverb:

• far off; in the distance; long ago; far; by far; far and away

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

noun:

• uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court) ➜ 氏【うじ】・姓【かばね】

noun:

• lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜

noun:

• the beauty to be found in poverty and simplicity; subdued taste; quiet refinement; sober refinement; wabi

noun:

• form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

noun:

• side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)