noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

noun:

• motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); motorized bicycle ➜ 原付

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era

noun:

• Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area

noun:

• Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

noun:

• in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper - four character idiom

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

noun:

• Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)

noun / adjectival noun:

• great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

noun:

• name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition - obsolete term - derogatory term

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - Linguistics term

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ナ行変格活用

noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance