noun:

• hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)

noun:

• kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

noun:

• a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)

expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom

noun:

• cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games ➜ 取り札

expression:

• no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; fire on the opposite shore [literal]

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

noun:

• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

noun:

• wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

expression:

• on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking - apparently from 通過の仲 - idiom

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh - abbreviation ➜ 半跏趺坐

noun:

• Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

noun:

• lock; tuft; tassel; feathers (i.e. fringe of hair on the legs); feathering; penicil

noun:

• raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun:

• fashion not created by designers but based on street styles - From English "anonymous fashion"

noun:

• rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day) - Food term

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas) - Botany term

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:

• rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.

noun:

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