noun:

• pattern made from chrysanthemums with disordered petals, esp. used on family crests

noun:

• someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot - from "barcode head"

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) - four character idiom ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun / adjectival noun:

• being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business - often used humorously - four character idiom

noun:

• rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce ➜ 雑炊

expression / adverb:

• attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently

noun:

• rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

noun:

• small confection comprising two thin waffle-like biscuits with cream between them - From French "gaufrette" ➜ ゴーフル

noun:

• plastic packing material with air bubbles; bubble wrap - From English "air packing" ➜ エアキャップ

noun:

• congratulatory postcards with a spring pattern sold every year in February

noun / adjectival noun:

• coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune - four character idiom

noun:

• woman who is obsessed with the education of her children

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• yukhoe (Korean dish of seasoned raw beef topped with an egg yolk) - From Korean

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

noun:

• blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

suffix / expression:

• adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with ➜ それと無く・何となく・幾度となく

noun:

• type of scuba buoyancy control device with a back-mounted air bladder - From English "back float type"

noun:

• map (or diagram, etc.) folded with a cover on each side - obscure term

noun:

• statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent - Law term

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• blini; bliny; buckwheat flour pancakes (usu. served with sour cream) - From Russian "bliny" ➜ ブリンツ

noun:

• someone who curries favor with their master while secretly plotting against him

noun:

• hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)