noun:

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

noun:

• sleeping on one's side; lying on one's side ➜ 横臥

noun:

• slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) ➜ 空気を読む

noun:

• spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

noun:

• the balance

noun:

• twenty-ninth day of the month
• twenty-nine days

noun:

• on your mark

expression:

• same as on the left

noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

noun:

• the genital area

noun:

• wind coming from the top of a mountain ➜ 山颪【やまおろし】

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

adverb:

• (not) in the least; (not) at all

noun:

• the NPO Law (1998); Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities ➜ 特定非営利活動促進法

noun:

• surrender to the enemy

noun:

• resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun:

• air pocket; air hole

godan ~る verb:

• to approach the year end; to be jammed tight

noun:

• protective cover on a clog