noun:

• ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun:

• tongs (esp. for incense or for use in a Buddhist temple)

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun / ~の noun:

• acting cool; pretending to be a better person that one is; pretentious (person) - colloquialism - Kansai dialect

noun:

• passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• instant noodles (sold in a soft plastic packaging, as opposed to cup noodles) ➜ カップ麺

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

noun:

• croque-madame; croque-monsieur with a fried or poached egg - From French ➜ クロックムッシュ

noun:

• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside - Sports term

expression / adjective:

• (after the ren'yōkei form of a verb) indicates concession or compromise ➜ てもいい
• indicates permission ➜ てもいい

noun:

• anomaly; angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun - Astronomy term

noun:

• food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor

noun:

• deutomerite; posterior sac; posterior chamber - Medicine term
• women's quarters at the rear of a house

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

noun:

• passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• route for a date; course of activities for dating couples - From English "date course"

noun:

• the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb

noun:

• graduation concert (school, etc.)
• farewell concert for a group or band member

expression / noun:

• empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; eyes of a dead fish [literal] - idiom

noun:

• party venue; place for a party; banquet hall