noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

expression:

• struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term

noun:

• plotter step size - IT term

expression / ~の noun:

• direct from the farm; farm-fresh

noun:

• advance payment

expression:

• for or against

noun:

• spawning migration

noun:

• armor, helmet & shield (armour) - obscure term
• kakurei, kakuun & kakumei (first, fifth and fifty-eighth years of the sexagenary cycle; times of civil unrest according to Onmyōdō) ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

noun:

• workshop ［さいくじょ］ ➜ 工房
• Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies)
• Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.

ichidan verb:

• to come; to go ➜ 参ずる
• to participate ➜ 参ずる
• to perform Zen meditation ➜ 参ずる

noun:

• New Year's Day

noun:

• top (e.g. of the market)

noun:

• between left and center fielders (centre)

noun:

• (amount of) output; production; yield

expression / noun:

• turban cooked whole in its own shell ➜ 栄螺

~の noun:

• operational; strategic

noun:

• shredded and dried squid (a snack)

noun:

• devilish homicide; cutthroat

noun:

• (gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

expression:

• good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• Japanese sword making