noun:

• type of sushi with vinegared fish and rice lightly pressed overnight

noun:

• comprehensive list of famous places in Kyoto accompanied with pictures and text

noun:

• dish of white and red-fleshed fish arranged next to each other

noun:

• Anatidae; family of birds including ducks, geese and swans

noun:

• Sauropsida (branch of amniotes that includes reptiles, birds and non-avian dinosaurs)

noun:

• dish consisting of fried potatoes, bacon and onion - Food term - From English "German potato"

noun:

• Musashi; historical region consisting of modern Tokyo, Saitama and eastern Kanagawa prefectures

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar - Food term ➜ 返し【かえし】

noun / expression:

• three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 益者三友

noun:

• paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods

noun:

• Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods ➜ 伊弉冉尊

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc. ➜ 金券ショップ【きんけんショップ】

noun / ~する noun:

• being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

noun:

• wife; Mrs; madam ［ふじん・はしかし］ - honorific language
• wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) ［ふじん］ - archaism
• consort of the emperor ［ふじん・ぶにん］ - archaism

noun:

• change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• rebound
• relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight

noun:

• return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• half-year (sometimes esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment) ➜ 一季
• half of a season

noun:

• opening (of a bottle); broaching
• beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales); first sale

noun:

• narrow escape from the jaws of death - four character idiom
• there being barely a chance of escaping death

noun:

• superficial learning; book learning; merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words - four character idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• being fond of; having a liking for
• to the liking of; favored by; popular with

noun:

• writing some characters (esp. complex kanji) of a compound as kana instead of kanji - e.g. しょう油, 宝くじ

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• proceeding quickly; flying (of time); rapidly; with great strides
• running quickly (of a horse) - original meaning - archaism

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)