noun:

• food-vending boat (serving ferries, etc. during the Edo period)

noun:

• court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace - four character idiom

noun:

• carrying out an election campaign using the Internet

noun:

• carrying out an election campaign using the Internet ➜ インターネット選挙

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

expression:

• bringing pungent vegetables or liquor inside the temple is prohibited - proverb - Buddhism term

noun:

• the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)

noun:

• the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching) ➜ 四診

noun:

• Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family) ➜ 捩木

noun:

• Yoshin-ryu; martial art tradition founded in the Edo period

noun:

• hunger knock; hitting the wall; bonk - Sports term

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源

noun / ~する noun:

• burying a dead person's personal belongings with the body

noun:

• vinegared water, used for dampening the hands when making sushi - Food term ➜ 酢水

noun:

• shots taken with camera in the same position - from 同一ポジション - abbreviation

noun:

• win on the last discard of a round - Mahjong term

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

noun:

• 100-point sticks deposited on the table after dealer win - Mahjong term

noun:

• type of local militia most active during the Qing dynasty

noun:

• partial bath; submerging only part of the body in water

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun / ~する noun:

• hadouken (fireball attack from the fighting game "Street Fighter II")

noun:

• lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)