noun:

• beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

expression:

• there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

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

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency

expression / adjective:

• in the background; not standing out ➜ 影の薄い

noun:

• Tokyo Olympics (1964)

noun:

• home economists in business; HEIB; home economists working in businesses (on advice, marketing, etc.)

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to lay out (one's money) in; to invest in

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - Linguistics term

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith ➜ 寺請制度

noun:

• commander-in-chief

noun:

• barren trees in winter

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to screw in
• to thrust into; to push into; to shove into
• to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

expression:

• the word impossible is not in my dictionary - quote

noun:

• fish swimming about in water

noun:

• blooming in each season

adverb:

• in a circle ➜ 丸い
• amicably ➜ 丸い

noun:

• instructor with a career in their subject area

noun:

• seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in confusion; to be busy

noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course