noun:

• slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period) - 歌沢 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sticky; syrupy; pulpy - onomatopoeia ➜ とろみ・とろっと

adverb / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); simmering - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dozing off; napping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sluggishly; dawdling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun:

• Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
• black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) - archaism ➜ 百合鴎
• Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod) ➜ 都鳥貝

noun:

• carton (e.g. of cigarettes)
• tray (in which money is placed when paying); dish
• pasteboard ［カルトン］ - From French "carton"

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

noun / ~する noun:

• buying more than one of the same item in different colors (colours) - slang ➜ イロチ

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

noun:

• crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae) ➜ 大蚊
• a tall, gangly person; string bean - derogatory term

noun:

• "limit of heat" solar term (approx. Aug. 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) ➜ 五明
• chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Promide (product name for bromides released by Marubell); bromide (publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.) ➜ ブロマイド

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term - From French ➜ 擬娩

noun:

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains) ［山杜鵑］ ➜ 時鳥
• Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun:

• Great Interregnum (gap between Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rule of the Holy Roman Empire, approx. 1254-1273 CE)

noun:

• round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

noun / ~する noun:

• scattering (e.g. of islands, Go pieces, etc., often in a harmonious balance); dispersal; constellation; irregular spread - archaism - obscure term