noun:

• pao cai; pow tsai; pickled vegetable, usu. cabbage, found in Szechuan cuisine - From Chinese

noun:

• cross-cut sawtooth oak charcoal (resembling chrysanthemum flowers, and used in tea ceremonies)

noun:

• blind official who specialized as a musician, masseur or acupuncturist (abolished in 1871) - archaism

noun:

• Wotan (god in German and Anglo-Saxon mythology); Wodan ➜ オーディン

noun:

• 1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

noun:

• yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara period Japan

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

expression / noun:

• video game in which the player is likely to die frequently - slang ➜ ゲー

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the previous page (in an internet browser) - colloquialism - From English "browser back"

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun:

• nutmeg (soccer); hitting a ball through the legs (e.g. in tennis) - slang - Sports term

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】

noun:

• foreign-body sensation (e.g.contact lens, something stuck in one's throat)

adjectival noun / noun:

• lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited
• healthy; well; fit; in good health

noun:

• fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback Antonym: 美点
• failure (in an examination); failing grade

noun:

• yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• retirement age
• years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion - archaism

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• something carried (in the hand); handheld; portable

noun:

• mobile telephone; cell phone - abbreviation - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone ➜ 携帯電話

noun:

• running fast; double time
• cantering - also 駈歩
• doing things in a hurry

adverb:

• originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually
• in the first place; to begin with

noun:

• groundwork; foundation
• inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge (of); grounding (in)
• undercoat; first coat
• soy sauce ➜ お下地

noun:

• onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori) - polite language