noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 生チョコレート

noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun:

• half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混一色

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan - sensitive

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 虫干し

noun:

• dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon) ➜ 蝶鮫

noun:

• diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium ➜ 陰陽道【おんみょうどう】

noun:

• entry (esp. to vehicles); entrance
• equipage for restraining and mounting horses ［のりくち］ - archaism

expression:

• confidentially speaking; between you and me; don't tell anybody else about this

noun:

• rain dragon; mythical beast with yellowish green skin and red tail

noun:

• cross-cut sawtooth oak charcoal (resembling chrysanthemum flowers, and used in tea ceremonies)

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); IS; ISIL

noun:

• TeX; typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth - IT term

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back - abbreviation ➜ ねんねこ半纏

noun / ~する noun:

• sleeping; sleep - orig. meaning - children's language

noun:

• skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso

noun:

• ceremonial tasting of wedding cake by bride and groom - From English "first bite"

~の noun:

• sultry; muggy; steamy; sticky; hot and humid ➜ むしあつい

noun:

• 6th month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• post-retirement return to one's home town and carrying out agricultural pursuits

noun:

• one's second son ➜ 次男【じなん】
• man between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 少丁

noun:

• flowers and water offered to Buddha - Buddhism term
• irrigation of a rice field during flowering

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• Wotan (god in German and Anglo-Saxon mythology); Wodan ➜ オーディン

noun:

• yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara period Japan

expression:

• there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb