noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• 17C male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

noun:

• snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley

noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

noun:

• snippets; trimmings; cuttings

noun:

• Quanrong; ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BCE)

noun:

• Palme d'Or (highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival)

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

• mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props ➜ バミる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) ➜ 土を固める【つちをかためる】
• to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate
• to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) ➜ 身を固める【みをかためる】
• to fortify; to reinforce; to support ➜ 国境を固める【こっきょうをかためる】・嘘で固める【うそでかためる】
• to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) - in the form に身をかためる
• to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise
• to tie tightly; to fasten
• to hold a bow fully drawn

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly - onomatopoeia
• (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; (drawing back) slowly; with a slither - onomatopoeia
• on and on; while putting off; slovenly; interminably - onomatopoeia
• with a slurp; with a sniffle - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• loose; lax; inconclusive; unresolved - onomatopoeia

noun:

• (being in) the black; surplus Antonym: 赤字
• black letter

noun:

• sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
• sacrifice (to the gods) ➜ 生け贄

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• at first; at the beginning; initially; originally

noun:

• the said person; he; she; same person

noun:

• pair; the two; both persons; both things

noun / suffix noun:

• medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor

noun:

• (hand) gesture; movement of the hand

noun:

• sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land

auxiliary verb:

• like; as if; the same as ➜ 如き

noun:

• nature; the natural world; realm of nature

noun:

• mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• time; hour; season; time of the year