expression / adjective:

• in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with

noun:

• senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area

noun / ~する noun:

• having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

noun:

• garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

noun:

• fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun

noun:

• liquid; beverage; drink
• food with high water content
• gamble; uncertain affair; matter of chance

noun:

• thin strip of wood smeared with sulfur, used to light a fire

noun:

• beshimi; noh mask with a slanted mouth, bulging eyes and large nostrils

noun:

• grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have training bouts with one's junior during practice (of a senior wrestler) - Sumo term

noun:

• (a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions - four character idiom

noun:

• Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves - Food term

noun:

• court lady with her own private chamber or office - archaism
• low-class prostitute (Edo period)

noun:

• small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes ➜ 太鼓

noun:

• combined race (skiing event with cross country and ski jumping)

noun:

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

noun:

• (Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction

noun:

• type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)

noun:

• type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight) - orig. written as 牛皮 ➜ 求肥飴

godan ~く verb:

• to compete with each other (e.g. out of pride, obstinacy, etc.)