noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

noun:

• water poisoning (in traditional Chinese medicine, illnesses caused by excessive water accumulation within the body)

noun:

• multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks
• passing something from chopstick to chopstick

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:

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

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

noun:

• (belief in) spiritual power possessed by sisters to protect their brothers (in the Ryukyu Islands)

expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

noun:

• purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe

expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線【いいせん】

noun:

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

noun:

• gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

noun / ~する noun:

• catching a fishing hook on seaweed, coral, etc. on the seabed or riverbed

noun:

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom - from 鳴門海峡
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門巻き
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern - Food term
• Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref ［鳴門］
• Naruto Strait ［鳴門］ - from 鳴門海峡 - abbreviation
• Naruto wakame ［鳴門］ - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門若布【なるとわかめ】

noun:

• 16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century) - Buddhism term

noun:

• eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

adverb:

• not in the least; not at all; not a bit - before a negative

noun:

• unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy
• rice husks; chaff - abbreviation ➜ 籾殻

noun:

• animate nature; living things
• living person; the living - usu. せいじゃ or せいしゃ

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approach the finale; to come to a close

noun / ~の noun:

• lower leg; lower part of the body; lower limbs Antonym: 上体