noun:

• language game in which extra syllables are added to words - e.g. やきもち→やしきしもしちし

noun:

• young mottled spinefoot pickled in salt (usu. served on tofu) - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 藍子

noun:

• most hallowed grounds (of a sacred site in Okinawa) ➜ 御嶽【うたき】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to make a diagonal move (in the game of go)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto

expression / noun:

• very small difference (esp. in time); tiny interval

noun:

• egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade - Food term

noun:

• brazier for warming one's cold fingers, esp. in spring

noun:

• letting horses out the barn to graze (in spring)

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary boiling (of hard-to-cook ingredients); cooking in advance

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving water in the bathtub (to use later for laundry)

noun:

• gnomonic projection (in mapping)

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• rank and social status (e.g. in the imperial family)

noun:

• fiscal and monetary policies of Takahashi Korekiyo in the 1930s

expression / noun:

• turban cooked whole in its own shell ➜ 栄螺

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• sidemen; supporting musicians (in a jazz band, rock group, etc.)

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

noun:

• soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin - abbreviation ➜ 味付け玉子【あじつけたまご】

noun:

• kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit

expression / noun:

• (train) terminating at this station; not in service