noun:

• compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow - four character idiom

noun:

• tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication) - four character idiom

noun:

• quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody ➜ 演歌

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) - abbreviation ➜ 漫画喫茶

noun:

• pota pota yaki (var. of senbei (rice cracker) coated with a sweet soy-sauce glaze on top)

noun:

• touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

suffix:

• relying entirely on ...; using solely ... - after a noun
• with the sole purpose of ...
• based on (mutual consent, etc.)

godan ~む verb:

• to carry on one's back
• to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

noun:

• kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit) ➜ 八つ口

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - colloquialism

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

expression:

• only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons - idiom

noun:

• Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce - Food term - From Chinese "yóu lín jī"

noun:

• flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern ➜ 盆灯籠

noun:

• pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly ➜ あんこ型【あんこがた】
• goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil - orig. meaning ➜ 鮟鱇【あんこう】

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air ➜ 懸腕直筆【けんわんちょくひつ】