noun:

• partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall

noun:

• lovers' tiff; quarrel between lovers
• chattering; idle talk

noun:

• cultural exchange; cross-cultural communication; contacts between different cultures

noun:

• ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• first meeting; first contest between

noun:

• cousin marriage; marriage between cousins

noun:

• marriage between relatives; consanguineous marriage

noun:

• country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

noun:

• priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached ➜ 払子

noun:

• Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• woman with a diagonal strap between her breasts (shoulder bag, set belt, etc.) - slang ➜ おっぱい

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• all day long

temporal noun:

• last day of the month; last day of the year; New Year's Eve

noun / ~する noun:

• final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing
• adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame) ➜ 恥の上塗り【はじのうわぬり】

noun:

• mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term

suffix:

• -ways; -wards - indicates direction
• in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
• manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】

noun:

• gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport)
• characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre) - Sumo term

noun:

• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ［土蜘蛛］ ➜ 地蜘蛛
• tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

noun:

• Kintaro; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength - childhood name of late-Heian warrior Sakata no Kintoki
• Kintaro doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron)
• diamond-shaped apron

noun:

• three mountains
• three shrines (of Kumano)
• three kingdoms (of 14th- and 15th-century Okinawa)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• confrontation; facing; between ourselves; no third party; tete-a-tete

noun:

• keiretsu transaction; financial transaction between affiliated enterprises; intragroup business deal

noun:

• min-min kisei; deals between companies which restrict competition

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class; order; rank

suffix:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like ➜ 等【など】

prefix:

• equal; iso-

noun / ~の noun:

• black person

noun:

• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人

expression:

• more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race - proverb

noun:

• the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)