noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

noun:

• syncretism (interworking of two or more cultural perspectives into one system)

noun / ~する noun:

• contest (of strength or skill)

godan ~る verb:

• to perform a small motion repetitively (e.g. picking or poking something)

noun:

• single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath) - archaism ➜ 浴衣

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

• related to (some person or place); affinity; connection

temporal noun:

• today and (or) tomorrow

noun:

• Chiloscyllium (genus of carpet sharks or bamboo sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with long snouts and subterminal nostrils)

noun / ~する noun:

• anti-snow (device or facility or measure)

noun:

• punch-line (of story or joke) ➜ 落ち【おち】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to be fully satisfied with (e.g. an explanation or apology) ➜ 釈然

noun:

• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) - archaism
• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• leg band (e.g. on bird or hospital patient); ring; anklet

noun:

• senior high school (in the PRC or ROC)

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

noun:

• ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• zoonosis (disease transmissible from animals to humans or vice versa) ➜ 動物由来感染症

noun:

• (video or computer game) graphics - abbreviation - slang ➜ グラフィックス

noun:

• caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff

noun:

• food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu) - Food term

noun:

• man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

noun:

• (divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire

noun:

• kummel (liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin) - From German "Kümmel"

noun:

• ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)