noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

noun:

• strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate

noun:

• black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; pudding head [literal] - colloquialism

noun:

• "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 戊

expression:

• whatever brought that on?

noun:

• single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling)
• crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection) ➜ 集団犯罪

noun:

• facility that serves meals and provides rooms for short-stay or overnight guests - abbreviation - From English "restaurant hotel" ➜ レストランホテル

noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

expression:

• Well, look at that... - used when someone ignores your advice and ultimately fails at something - obscure term ➜ それ見たことか

expression:

• You can say that again; Nice one

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

noun:

• free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

noun:

• desire for a fire that comes with the cold of autumn

expression:

• I hear that ... - archaism

noun:

• multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand - abbreviation ➜ 提げ重箱
• female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

expression:

• this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

expression:

• now that; since; so long as; because

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

expression:

• once you're dead, that's it - proverb