noun:

• conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction ➜ 句形
• rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese ➜ 句形

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• main course (of a formal meal)
• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs) - abbreviation ➜ 本膳料理

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

noun:

• distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost - Baseball term

adjectival noun:

• madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for)

adverb:

• from the heart; entirely; completely

noun:

• bottom of one's heart - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• palace
• tonic (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women) - abbreviation ➜ 宮刑

noun / suffix noun:

• zodiacal sign ➜ 十二宮

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

expression:

• first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

noun:

• flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)

noun:

• priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

noun:

• Hypogaleus (genus whose sole member is the blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark of the family Triakidae)

noun:

• Isogomphodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae with one extant species known as the daggernose shark)

noun:

• longnose surgeonfish (Zebrasoma rostratum, species of Eastern Central Pacific tang)

noun:

• someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

noun / ~の noun:

• having leaves and branches loaded with snow

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop ➜ 雪止め

noun:

• under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.) ➜ ガード

noun:

• tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌
• pung (or kong) of these tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 役牌

noun:

• part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout - Shintō term ➜ 紙相撲【かみずもう】

noun:

• Hell Korea; Hell Joseon; satirical South Korean term criticizing the current socioeconomic state of the country

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ すっきり
• (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly; in a refined manner - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma - From Sanskrit
• inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega