noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命【おおくにぬしのみこと】

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields

noun:

• homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings - Buddhism term

expression:

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

noun:

• old-fashioned doughnut; doughnut made with cake batter (as opposed to yeast-based dough) - Food term - From English "fashion donuts"

expression / noun:

• having one's own premises ➜ 部屋持ちの親方【へやもちのおやかた】
• Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment - abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• tyre chains; anti-skid device
• backup measure; taking entrance examination to a university in case one fails at other universities

noun:

• official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation) - Sumo term ➜ 年寄

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• bicolored foxface (Siganus uspi, species of rabbitfish endemic to Fiji sometimes found in New Caledonia)

expression:

• isn't it great?

noun:

• carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868

noun:

• shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

godan ~む verb:

• to drop into, drop-by-drop

noun:

• from island to island; island-hopping

noun:

• crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
• netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
• slingshot; catapult

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same [literal] - idiom

noun:

• method of awarding rare in-game items in mobile games only when the player has bought a full set of other in-game items ➜ ガチャ

noun:

• method of awarding rare in-game items in mobile games only when the player has bought a full set of other in-game items - abbreviation ➜ ガチャ・コンプリートガチャ

noun:

• refugee; displaced person
• person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.) - in compound nouns; ～難民 - colloquialism - idiom ➜ 買い物難民【かいものなんみん】

noun:

• arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

noun:

• batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term

noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc.