noun:

• haggis (traditional Scottish dish made from a sheep's offal cooked in the animal's stomach)

noun:

• JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)

noun:

• longing for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• soup served at the end of a traditional Japanese dinner; last soup served in a Kaiseki course (often miso soup) ➜ 会席料理

noun / ~する noun:

• erection when waking in the morning; nocturnal penile tumescence; morning glory; morning wood
• early morning departure

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

noun:

• tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

noun:

• sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries

expression:

• constant dripping wears away the stone; little strokes fell great oaks; limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats - four character idiom

expression:

• even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花

expression:

• just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth ➜ 番茶も出花

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]

noun:

• (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
• (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

noun:

• roux (mixture of butter and flour used to make sauces); sauce made from such a mixture - From French
• (Japanese) curry powder; curry sauce made from this powder

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神

noun:

• cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north

noun:

• Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)

noun:

• stamp; seal; chop
• seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print
• mudra (symbolic hand gesture) - Buddhism term
• ninja hand sign

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• India - abbreviation ➜ 印度

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

expression:

• what date?; what's the date?; when?

noun:

• an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased
• a tea infusion; tea and hot water
• tea ceremony ➜ 茶の湯

expression:

• a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [literal] - proverb

noun:

• shaku (flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb)

expression:

• things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内