noun:

• fermented food

noun:

• speed chess; blitz chess

noun:

• red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

noun:

• patent saltbush (Atriplex subcordata); sea purslane

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

noun:

• reverse video - IT term

noun:

• tiredness after cherry blossom watching

noun:

• exhaled air; one's breath

noun:

• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ［はんにゃめん］
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

noun / ~の noun:

• septic (infected with bacteria)

noun:

• the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• speck; fleck

noun:

• disability clause

noun / ~する noun:

• receiving (from a superior); bestowed

noun / ~する noun:

• ocean transportation; importation

noun:

• garland; festoon (of flowers)

noun:

• pāramitā; perfection; perfection of Buddhist practices or attaining enlightenment - Buddhism term ➜ 波羅蜜

noun:

• ancient oriental belt decoration

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords ［佩］

noun:

• pushing up with hands under opponent's armpits; armpit push - Sumo term

noun:

• pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) ➜ 肺炎球菌

noun:

• first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

noun:

• clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine) ➜ 拍手【はくしゅ】

noun:

• taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story

noun:

• flash signal (e.g. between ships); flashing caution signal; accident warning signal

noun:

• low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)