noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

expression / adjective:

• preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip - Sumo term
• having weak defenses

expression:

• being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

noun / ~する noun:

• buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking
• raising the ground level (with fill)

noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

noun / ~の noun:

• person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

noun / ~する noun:

• bashing; fierce criticism

noun:

• busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

noun:

• Protectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)

~する noun:

• to sink a ship

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

noun / ~する noun:

• looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

noun:

• small, cheap book in the style of a magazine - From English "handy mook" ➜ ムック

noun / ~の noun:

• the said (cabinet) minister

noun:

• in-phase (component of a wave)
• homeomorphism

noun / ~する noun:

• living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses

noun:

• the nine principal points in a game of go

noun:

• flour paste cake in the form of a tube

noun:

• ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B - four character idiom

adverbial noun / noun:

• within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

noun:

• (in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A) ➜ 十二律・林鐘