noun:

• cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have an eye on; to zero in on

noun:

• large income earner; people in the higher income brackets

noun:

• repeat mindlessly; speaking in a similar manner

noun:

• anime freak; person overly interested in female anime and video game characters - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
• woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth ［産女・孕女］ - obscure term

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

noun:

• Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled - Food term ➜ 西京漬け

noun:

• being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world - four character idiom

noun:

• chow; three-in-a-row - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• imperial censor; ancient Chinese official in charge of inspecting other officials

noun:

• day-by-day record of a patient's condition; diary written while ill in bed

noun:

• imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye - four character idiom

noun:

• negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?") - Linguistics term

noun:

• infancy; in cradle

~と adverb:

• (looking) blankly; (staring) in puzzlement - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Japanese mathematics; mathematics developed in Japan

noun:

• autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air

noun:

• sad song; singing in a lonesome tone

noun:

• emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light - From English "self-produce" ➜ 自己演出【じこえんしゅつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining agreement by consultation; matters settled in an interview

noun:

• gathering of men and women who sang courtship songs to each other and danced; dancing and singing feast of young men and women in ancient Japan - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to expose to the wind; to dry (something) in the wind

noun:

• simplified form (of a kanji); any of 22 simplified non-joyo kanji variants commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• this school; the school in question