noun:

• Protectorate General of Annam; Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• underboob; bottom of a woman's breasts (visible when wearing a short top) - slang ➜ オッパイ

noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism

noun:

• area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

noun:

• dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水争い

noun:

• ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii, species of Indo-West Pacific hammerhead shark)

noun:

• character scooping [literal]; festival game of scooping up plastic cartoon figurines floating in water ➜ 金魚掬い

noun:

• new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults

noun:

• assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (Nov. 22, 1963); JFK assassination

noun:

• show-off bra; wearing clothes that reveal part of the bra (on purpose)

noun:

• outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench

expression:

• by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends (Mencius) - four character idiom

noun:

• something that smells of fish or blood ➜ 生臭い
• meat and fish ➜ 生臭物
• degenerate monk; corrupt priest - abbreviation ➜ 生臭坊主

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with cellphone camera); self-taken picture; selfie - colloquialism

expression:

• come!; imperative form of the verb "kuru" ("to come"), expressing a command or strong request ➜ 来る【くる】

noun:

• place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance - esp. 吉野山 in Nara

noun:

• all pungs; winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing

interjection:

• get lost; get out of my sight; scram; beat it; buzz off; go away ➜ 消え失せる

adverb:

• something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• soup of dumplings filled with walnuts and brown sugar, boiled together with vegetables, tofu, etc. - Food term

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

noun:

• moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
• imperial palace
• Yoshiwara red light district - archaism