noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• depressing something and turning it while still depressed (i.e. gas stopper, spark plug)

noun:

• mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)

noun:

• older and fashionable man (wild-looking, burly, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement ➜ 閑寂枯淡

noun:

• Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

noun:

• mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar, etc.)

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce ➜ ちり鍋

expression / interjection:

• I'm off; see you later ➜ 行ってきます

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to go (and then come back)

noun:

• vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish) - obscure term ➜ 生臭物

noun:

• Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)

noun:

• farrier (person who fits foot irons on horses and cows); hoof (care) specialist

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

noun:

• rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)

noun:

• pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• Parascylliidae; family of collared carpet sharks containing eight species and two genera

noun:

• woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl - archaism

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

expression / adjectival noun:

• clear-cut and straightforward - idiom
• (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank - idiom

noun:

• society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term ➜ 押し鮨【おしずし】