noun:

• inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.) - From Ainu

noun:

• adult striped mullet ➜ 鯔【ぼら】

adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done - abbreviation ➜ とどのつまり

expression / noun:

• page in the history books; historical (event); old news

noun:

• double corner approach (tactic in the game of go)

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hou robe in court ceremonial dress - archaism ➜ 半臂・袍

noun:

• saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro) - abbreviation ➜ 棹物菓子

noun:

• (sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole - obsolete term

noun:

• Gartner's bacillus; form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans

noun:

• Tarui accent, used in the Kinki region and parts of Hokuriku

noun:

• scraps of food, batter, etc. remaining in deep-frying oil ➜ 天かす

noun / ~する noun:

• depalatalization (e.g.. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation - e.g. conversion of きゃ to か - obscure term - Linguistics term ➜ 拗音【ようおん】

noun:

• funhouse; fun house
• subculture magazine published in Japan between 1974 and 1985 ［ビックリハウス］

noun:

• love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Kansai dialect - Food term ➜ どぶ漬け【どぶづけ】

noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 生チョコレート

noun:

• mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.

noun:

• purifying salt (thrown in the sumo ring before a bout, after funerals, etc.) ➜ 清めの塩

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun:

• shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle

expression / adjective:

• being dealt a bad hand (in mahjong, card games, etc.) - idiom
• poor (handwriting) - idiom
• unscrupulous - idiom

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan - sensitive

noun:

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