noun:

• cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue - Food term - From French "langue de chat"

noun:

• alvar; biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil

noun:

• release from office; military service, or prison

expression:

• we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated

adverb:

• this and that; one thing or another

noun:

• amateur work (in art); work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length - obscure term

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else ➜ 見違える【みちがえる】

noun:

• dual citizen; person having dual citizenship or nationality

noun:

• democide; the murder of any person or people by a government

noun:

• dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms ➜ 玉繭

noun:

• croque-madame; croque-monsieur with a fried or poached egg - From French ➜ クロックムッシュ

noun:

• shrapnel; shell or bullet fragment

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

adverb:

• willy-nilly; whether willing or not

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

noun:

• taking multiple medications; taking medicine and certain foods together or in close proximity (which should be avoided)

expression / adverb:

• in some way; somehow or other
• somewhere or other

noun:

• hoe; raw fish or meat dish in Korean cuisine - Food term - From Korean

noun:

• draft (in casting); amount of taper for molded or cast parts

noun:

• string-fastener; drawstring on pouch or purse (handbag)

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term