noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

noun / ~する noun:

• moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition
• metastasis; spread - Medicine term
• transition (e.g phase transition) - Physics term ➜ 相転移
• transfer (of learning)
• transference (in psychoanalysis)

expression:

• from right to left; in one ear and out the other
• nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

noun:

• ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry ［かばざくら］ ➜ 江戸彼岸
• any cherry tree with birch-like bark
• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) - archaism ➜ 上溝桜

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

noun:

• shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; Sno-cone; snow cone

noun:

• oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body

noun:

• business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers - From English

noun / ~の noun:

• pigeon chest (Pectus carinatum, deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum); pigeon breast
• woman with big breasts - colloquialism

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smooth; flat; lacking bumps and dents
• featureless; uneventful

noun:

• noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make someone understand their fate; to reason with; to persuade; to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused) [literal] - archaism

noun:

• doing something together; co-owning something and using it together - archaism
• being on par with one another - archaism

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.

noun:

• chair with an attached tray for eating, writing, etc. - From English "chair table"

noun:

• person to be reckoned with; person of importance
• one person; one character; someone

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled

noun:

• discreet and well-advised judgment; wise and mature judgment; making judgment with prudence - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to get married; to contract a marriage
• to form a connection (with Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 結縁【けちえん】

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people