noun:

• fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills

noun:

• paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store

noun:

• combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven - From English "oven range" ➜ 電子レンジ

~と adverb:

• feelings; memories; imagined items or dreams that sprout up one after the other - onomatopoeia ➜ にょきにょき

noun:

• type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process - abbreviation ➜ 友禅染

noun:

• copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin

noun:

• agnosia (loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells)

noun:

• sake made from rice or other cereal which is chewed before fermentation

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)

noun:

• tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps ➜ ピンセット

noun:

• demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by ➜ 通り魔

noun:

• coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)

noun:

• salt pickling of a turnip or daikon, incl. leaves and stalk

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• person who repeatedly changes their name through adult adoptions or sham marriages - derogatory term - From English "name laundering"

noun:

• Morganucodonta; extinct order of early mammals or mammal-like creatures

noun:

• grilled balls of stuffed intestine (esp. at food stalls or yakiniku restaurants) ➜ 白【しろ】・ころころ

noun:

• schmaltz; schmalz; rendered chicken, goose, or pork fat used for frying, etc. - Food term

noun:

• isolated fall of a security or currency in an otherwise strong market

noun:

• tariqa; tariqah; tariqat; Sufi religious brotherhood or its doctrines on spiritual learning - From Arabic "ṭarīqah"

noun:

• minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ワンボックス

noun:

• pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed