noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

noun / ~する noun:

• popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique) ➜ ぷちぷち

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

noun:

• umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 猪苓舞茸

noun:

• reflation - abbreviation ➜ リフレーション
• reflexology (type of massage; often used as a cover for illicit sexual services) - abbreviation ➜ リフレクソロジー
• refresh - abbreviation ➜ リフレッシュ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it - idiom

expression:

• if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall completely silent; to become still as death

noun / ~する noun:

• studying two lines together (as a major and a minor)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become ready to eat (as a result of steaming)

noun:

• bojutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon); cudgels

noun:

• clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

adjective:

• beauty such as to put a flower to shame

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected

expression:

• being a member of staff but useless as a worker