noun:

• winning wrestler who remains ringside in case his involvement is needed in pre-bout rituals - Sumo term

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

noun:

• Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark)

noun:

• Paracanthurus (genus in the family Acanthuridae whose sole member is the palette surgeonfish)

noun:

• man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches; omnivore [literal]

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue

expression:

• so much; so; like that

noun:

• same village; that village

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

noun:

• favored geisha; beloved geisha; geisha somebody is showing favor to

noun / ~する noun:

• being at a complete loss as to what to do; being at one's wit's end; being at a loss for an answer - four character idiom

noun:

• green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
• meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis) ［あおやぎ］ ➜ バカ貝

noun:

• manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
• something that will help one develop in the future

noun:

• small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini

noun:

• small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

noun:

• annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds ➜ 天満宮

noun:

• continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)
• roadside lamp that stays lit all night

noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"