expression / noun:

• match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; sika deer and maple leaves (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal]

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade - Food term

expression / adverb:

• in the end; at the end of the day

noun:

• re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. Jan. 4) ➜ 御用納め

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to engage in a heated discussion

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to clap one's hands in prayer

noun:

• autumn (fall) (September) tournament, held in Tokyo - Sumo term

noun:

• in the fog

noun:

• doctor working in a hospital; physician working in public practice ➜ 開業医

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do in secret

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• night-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine

noun:

• things used in archery

noun:

• hair messed up in sleep

noun / ~する noun:

• parting in tears; tearful parting; coming to grief; having to take a different tack; going separate ways

noun:

• food cooked on a grill in front of customers - Food term

noun:

• lowest ranked wrestler in makuuchi division - Sumo term

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• in the capital; in Tokyo

noun:

• browser crasher - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)

noun:

• 7th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 7th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• indigo blue make-up used in Kabuki

noun:

• vinegar and soy sauce mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢