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

noun:

• light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants ➜ 惣菜【そうざい】

noun:

• official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation) - Sumo term ➜ 年寄

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• race to be the pitcher with the most wins in the season - Baseball term - From English "hurler derby"

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another ➜ 密会・乳繰り合う

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling

noun:

• minigame; mini game; subgame; microgame; short and simple video game
• practice game, usu. with reduced players - Sports term

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) ➜ 伏せる【ふせる】

noun:

• false science; science out of line with the world of thought

noun:

• lining a kimono with the same material as the kimono itself

noun:

• license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to drip; to drop; to trickle
• to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)