noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• Out-of-Africa theory (positing a recent African origin for modern humans)

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying a portable shrine with arms stretched out (i.e. without shouldering it)

expression / ~の noun:

• trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent

noun:

• pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds); eyes - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 対子

noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• pointing towards somebody or something with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• something wider than it is high
• artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)

noun:

• salad served in a glass, cup, hollowed-out tomato, etc. - From English "cup salad"

noun:

• green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)

noun:

• grilled slices of lotus root, eggplant, etc. with a filling (usu. minced meat) - Food term

noun:

• fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas) - Botany term

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

noun / ~する noun:

• imitation of a professional singer, musician, dancer, etc. usu. by an amateur - slang - abbreviation ➜ 完全コピー

noun:

• flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward

counter:

• double; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion - colloquialism ➜ 御局

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb

noun:

• non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature - Medicine term

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗