noun:

• Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)

noun:

• outline; main point; gist

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• general; substantially; approximately; about
• in the first place; to begin with; from the start

noun:

• sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger
• mimeograph - abbreviation ➜ がり版
• reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof - usu. as がりを食う
• overly skinny person - slang - derogatory term ➜ がりがり

noun / ~する noun:

• skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot)
• skipping (over)

noun:

• skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

noun:

• kokyu (3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument)
• any Oriental string instrument played with a bow

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun / ~する noun:

• self-respect
• prudence; not acting rashly; restraining oneself
• taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

noun / ~する noun:

• soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam
• blanching (food); parboiling food

noun:

• bread roll filled with anko
• paint thinner placed inside a bag used as a drug

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun:

• millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• cut into long thin shavings (primarily vegetables), in the manner a pencil is sharpened with a knife

noun:

• automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems) - abbreviation - IT term ➜ カウンター・モニ

noun:

• image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant) - Buddhism term ➜ 普賢菩薩

noun:

• Lamna (genus of mackerel sharks or white sharks with two living species in the family Lamnidae)

noun:

• dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

noun:

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

noun:

• sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan - Food term

noun:

• type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto); cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie)
• zigzag bridge

noun:

• plastic packing material with air bubbles; bubble wrap - From English "air cap"
• cap on a tyre valve
• brand of lawn mower