noun:

• steamed fish with grated turnip on top
• hollowed-out turnip stuffed with chicken, shrimp, gingko nuts, etc.

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion

noun:

• foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end - Architecture term

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• on the cheap side; comparatively cheap ➜ 高め【たかめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term

noun:

• stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shine on; to illuminate
• to compare (with); to refer to

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

noun:

• fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample
• allegiance test; loyalty test - idiom

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese religious group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

noun:

• tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe - four character idiom

noun:

• Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth - four character idiom

expression:

• things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)

noun:

• facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to press; to push; to force
• to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to affect; to put on airs
• to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be - as …を気取る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce) - colloquialism - idiom

noun:

• first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
• first menstruation ［はつはな］
• woman who has just reached adulthood ［はつはな］

noun / ~の noun:

• inner thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind

adverbial noun:

• at heart; deep down; on the inside

noun:

• inner center (centre) - Mathematics term ➜ 外心【がいしん】

noun:

• oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body

noun:

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements