noun:

• (nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive
• proper place to die
• dilemma; predicament; inescapable situation

noun:

• method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

noun:

• indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.

noun:

• 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day - four character idiom

noun:

• ringtail surgeonfish (Acanthurus blochii, species of tang from the Indo-Pacific); blue-banded pualu; dark surgeon; tailring surgeonfish

adverb:

• before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently; knowingly

expression:

• even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born

noun:

• whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus, species of damselfish from the Indo- West Pacific); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish

noun:

• Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

expression / adjective:

• having no knowledge (of); knowing nothing about; coming from out of the blue; having no connection with oneself ➜ 身に覚えのある【みにおぼえのある】

noun:

• dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel

noun:

• emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor ➜ エメラルドツリーモニター

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

noun:

• eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces - archaism
• east - archaism
• six-stringed Japanese zither - abbreviation ➜ 東琴
• my spouse ［吾妻・吾嬬］

adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; fresh-baked; fresh from the oven - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself - onomatopoeia

noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care