noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• catharsis; purgation; evacuation; purging the bowels; diarrhea

noun / ~する noun:

• pouring out (water, etc.) ［しゃか］ - orig. meaning

noun:

• kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate (Persicaria orientalis); prince's feather

noun:

• hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people ➜ 和光同塵

noun:

• off-the-job training

noun:

• Monodontidae; cetacean family comprising the narwhal and white beluga whale

noun:

• "ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them

~と adverb:

• feelings; memories; imagined items or dreams that sprout up one after the other - onomatopoeia ➜ にょきにょき

noun:

• four-eye pygmy goby (Trimma hayashii, found from Japan to the Solomons)

noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追

noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)

noun:

• Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching) ➜ 金光明経

noun:

• low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

noun:

• appearing rustic
• ancient song played at the court
• comical tanka ➜ 狂歌

noun:

• economic boom created by the Tokyo Olympic Games (1962-1964)

noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

noun:

• supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher) ➜ 裏方

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

expression:

• even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own Antonym: 団体行動