noun:

• building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds) - archaism ➜ 武徳殿

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

noun:

• brother-in-law

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a cup (of sake) in return

noun:

• father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

noun:

• stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be unwilling but to give in - usu. as 百歩譲って, 百歩譲っても

noun:

• Skinner box (i.e. an operant conditioning chamber)

noun:

• thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

noun:

• (fish or vegetables) pickled in sake lees

noun:

• medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State ➜ 太政官・令外の官

noun:

• special class for handicapped children

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to pine for

noun:

• boiling in salted water (e.g. fish)

noun:

• bamboo flute used in Qing music

noun:

• delay in performance; procrastination of execution - Law term

noun:

• coach's box

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

noun:

• drinking alcohol while pouring it for each other

expression / adjective:

• having no hesitation in stating; having no hesitation in declaring

godan ~る verb:

• to be sauteed in oil; to be stir-fried - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

noun:

• the Nika riots which took place in 532 in Constantinople

noun:

• Specialist in Humanities (Japanese visa category)

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子