noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• expanded system of guilt by association in Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime ➜ 連座制

noun:

• diary written in prison

noun:

• buckwheat noodles given to one's new neighbors after moving in - from おそばに参りました

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting up in bed - archaism

noun:

• reading in unison; saying the same thing

expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

noun:

• in-law; relative by marriage

noun:

• the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere

noun:

• unparalleled in the whole country - four character idiom

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

expression:

• in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen - four character idiom

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

noun:

• eat-in-kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room - short for dining room, kitchen - abbreviation ➜ ダイニングキッチン
• dropkick (rugby) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ドロップキック

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

noun:

• mochi made in winter

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• selling in quantity

noun:

• paper weight in grams per square metre

noun:

• just-in-time inventory management; JIT

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

noun / ~する noun:

• sending in secret

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus ➜ 地謡座

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 京間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 京間