noun:

• yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

noun:

• loose-fitting pants with an elastic or drawcord waist - From English "easy pants"

noun:

• prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom

noun:

• (with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• easy to get on with; not needing reserve or formality; personable; affable; approachable ➜ 気の置けない

noun:

• hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

noun:

• shell-matching game popular with court aristocrats during the Heian period
• tribadism - colloquialism - vulgar

~と adverb:

• with a crunching or grinding sound - onomatopoeia
• quickly; promptly; abruptly; simply; efficiently
• crispily; crunchily ➜ さくさく

expression:

• bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• cheese with holes in it (e.g. Swiss, Emmenthal)

noun:

• Wednesday - abbreviation ➜ 水曜日
• shaved ice (served with flavored syrup) ➜ 氷水
• water (fifth of the five elements) ➜ 五行

noun:

• oil deflector; shallow tray with rack for draining food after deep frying

noun:

• crab meat mixed with vegetables and egg yolk, steamed inside its shell

noun:

• literary form imparting a formal written nuance (with sentences ending in "de aru") ➜ だ体

noun:

• Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims) ➜ 四国遍路

noun:

• shoes with thick soles to make one look taller - From English "secret shoes"

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

adverb:

• much; remarkably; noticeably
• not at all (with neg. verb)
• quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly

noun:

• tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)

noun:

• striker (triangular piece of steel used with flint to create sparks)

noun:

• tourist bus with high seating for better sight-seeing - From English "high decker, high-deck car" ➜ 観光バス

adverb / ~たる adjective:

• looking cool and collect; with an air of perfect composure

noun:

• knit top with a loose turtleneck or cowl neck - From English "French turtle" ➜ オフタートル

noun:

• Chimaeridae; family of shortnose chimaeras, cartilaginous fish with short round snouts