noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

noun:

• crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae) ➜ 大蚊
• a tall, gangly person; string bean - derogatory term

noun:

• sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) ➜ 五明
• chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Promide (product name for bromides released by Marubell); bromide (publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.) ➜ ブロマイド

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun / ~する noun:

• scattering (e.g. of islands, Go pieces, etc., often in a harmonious balance); dispersal; constellation; irregular spread - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• white-spotted spinefoot (Siganus canaliculatus, species of Indo-West Pacific rabbitfish)

noun:

• spotted unicornfish (Naso maculatus, species of Pacific tang found from Japan and Lord Howe Island to Hawaii)

noun:

• April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile

noun:

• threadfin scat (Rhinoprenes pentanemus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from Papua New Guinea to northern Australia)

noun:

• humpback batfish (Platax batavianus, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found from Madagascar to Indonesia and Australia)

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun:

• Honnoji Incident; forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time - obscure term ➜ 強請り

noun:

• round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

noun:

• evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)

noun:

• window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) ➜ 虫籠格子

noun:

• Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)

noun:

• charm; talisman; amulet
• tally
• sign; mark; note

counter:

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

noun:

• novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc,; coming-of-age story; Bildungsroman - From German ➜ 教養小説【きょうようしょうせつ】