noun:

• style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances - abbreviation ➜ 常磐津節

noun:

• formal noh performed in full costume ➜ 袴能

noun:

• tool for willowing cotton

noun:

• covering for the back of the hand and wrist

expression / noun:

• ingredients for sushi - Food term ➜ 具【ぐ】

noun:

• quantity or value of goods laid in

noun:

• San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)

noun:

• most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable - Sumo term

noun:

• anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide - 太宰治

noun:

• lying-in bed

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• Law for the Promotion of Utilization of Recycled Resources

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs

noun:

• wooden carrying box

noun:

• aptitude for music

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to have long in use

godan ~う verb:

• to fail in making

noun:

• horse entered in a race

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• contribution or donation box

expression:

• If you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments [literal] - proverb

noun:

• a cold in the throat; common cold with a sore throat

noun:

• appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation - four character idiom

noun:

• area in Tokyo
• Japanese government departments (euph)