noun:

• dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar - Food term

noun:

• constriction; narrow part (in middle)
• waist (esp. of a woman) ➜ 胴のくびれ

expression:

• one of these days; before very long; in the near future

noun:

• Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)

adverb:

• suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• air or vapour in the soil (vapor)
• electrical earth; ground

noun:

• sacred items buried in the ring during its ritual purification - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil - four character idiom

expression:

• people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood - four character idiom

noun:

• the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren) - honorific language

noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient - four character idiom

noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient - four character idiom

noun:

• the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather - four character idiom

noun:

• being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself - four character idiom

noun:

• strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building) - four character idiom

noun:

• Ilex macropoda (species of holly common in Japan)

noun:

• on-board device (e.g. in prepaid road toll system)

noun:

• nuclear family in the postwar generation - From English "new family"

noun:

• fine chemical (high precision chemicals, typically used in pharmaceutical products)

noun:

• lookup (e.g. in a dictionary, address list, etc.)

noun:

• decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals - not often used in Kyoto - Kansai dialect ➜ 山車【だし】

noun:

• low kick (e.g. in fighting)

noun / suffix:

• general affairs section (e.g. in a company); operations division

noun:

• language used in red-light districts during the Edo period ➜ 郭言葉