noun:

• fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush

noun:

• ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth - Food term

noun:

• loitering at night (between 11 pm and 4 am); late-night prowling

expression:

• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• drop dead; go to hell; fuck you; fuck off and die - 氏ね, 市ね are net slang ➜ 死ぬ

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun / ~する noun:

• coming and going; traffic

noun:

• road; street

noun / ~する noun:

• association; socializing; socialising; fellowship; mutual visits
• recurring (e.g. thoughts)
• correspondence

noun:

• Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) ➜ 浄瑠璃・文楽

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ お引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ お引き摺り

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) ➜ 五明
• chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) - Buddhism term

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 才取会員

noun:

• posed look (chic, sexy, sultry, etc.); facial expression and orientation presented when being photographed - colloquialism

noun:

• dirndl; traditional dress from Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol

noun:

• spotted unicornfish (Naso maculatus, species of Pacific tang found from Japan and Lord Howe Island to Hawaii)

noun:

• humpback batfish (Platax batavianus, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found from Madagascar to Indonesia and Australia)

noun:

• thick malt syrup poured into boiling water and sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink) - Food term ➜ 水飴・冷やし飴

noun:

• long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path) - めんどう is also written with the ateji 面道 ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• Citizens' Band; CB (radio)
• convertible bond ➜ 転換社債
• chronic bronchitis ➜ 慢性気管支炎
• chemical and biological (weapons)
• center back ➜ センターバック
• community business

noun:

• fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.

noun:

• street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)