noun:

• built-in; predefined - IT term

noun:

• restaurant specializing in fried beef or pork offal ➜ ホルモン焼き

noun:

• "bird-in-the-cage" children's game

noun:

• sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

noun:

• paper weight in gsm - abbreviation

noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun / ~する noun:

• change in a bus route - four character idiom
• change in policy; policy change (reversal)

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

noun:

• in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence

noun:

• in every area and on every level

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun:

• drum used in ancient warfare to signal an attack

expression / adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• in the same manner as before; the same as always

expression / noun:

• skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

expression:

• living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed

noun / ~する noun:

• chanting in a loud voice; singing in a loud voice

noun:

• traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations

noun:

• everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
• silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

noun:

• ritual stamping in the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• lineup; appearance together

noun:

• warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

noun:

• fish pickled in sweet Kyoto-style miso ➜ 西京味噌