noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow - four character idiom

noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 茅の輪

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• breaking up a match (on the decision of the referee, in boxing, etc.) - From English "referee stop"

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit) ➜ 八つ口

expression:

• like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone
• to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• carpet; rug; matting; carpeting
• mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on
• spread; (cloth) cover; coaster

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

noun:

• wooden pole (often oak), 6 shaku long
• shoulder pole ➜ 天秤棒

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

noun:

• driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving ➜ 右側通行

noun:

• woman with a diagonal strap between her breasts (shoulder bag, set belt, etc.) - slang ➜ おっぱい

expression:

• intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey ➜ 煙管乗車

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in