noun:

• dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)

noun:

• collecting waste paper (old newspapers etc.) and exchanging them for tissues

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

expression / noun:

• going back and forth; changing scenery (theatre); fluctuation (e.g. in a market)

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• supplementation, causing bowel movements, heating, and cooling (four main treatments of traditional Chinese medicine) - obscure term

noun:

• mushroom that springs up in the morning and withers by night; "something short-lived" [figurative] - archaism

adverb / ~と adverb:

• bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles - onomatopoeia ➜ ぶくぶく
• cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Pantherinae; subfamily of Felidae which contains the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis

noun:

• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern)

noun:

• miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun:

• bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ ゴーヤ・チャンプルー

noun:

• hot rice served with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce on top - Food term ➜ 天かす

noun:

• gap year; yearlong break taken between high school and university

noun:

• cassata; Italian layered sponge cake - Food term - From Italian
• ice-cream with nuts and preserved fruit

noun:

• cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables - Food term ➜ おろし和え【おろしあえ】

noun:

• young men and women who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

expression:

• two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions - idiom

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb

noun:

• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)