expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom

noun:

• cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games ➜ 取り札

expression:

• no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; fire on the opposite shore [literal]

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

noun:

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

noun:

• wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

expression:

• on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking - apparently from 通過の仲 - idiom

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh - abbreviation ➜ 半跏趺坐

noun:

• farrier (person who fits foot irons on horses and cows); hoof (care) specialist

noun:

• newline character (either or both of CR and LF depending on system) - IT term

noun:

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

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• lock; tuft; tassel; feathers (i.e. fringe of hair on the legs); feathering; penicil

noun:

• raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun:

• fashion not created by designers but based on street styles - From English "anonymous fashion"

noun:

• rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day) - Food term

noun:

• hot rice served with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce on top - Food term ➜ 天かす

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)