noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

noun:

• type of conical hat adorned with flowers (used in Japanese traditional performing arts); hanagasa

noun:

• redface dwarfgoby (Trimma benjamini, species found in the Western Pacific); ring-eye pygmy-goby

noun:

• bullseye pygmy goby (Trimma tauroculum, found in Palau)

noun:

• broadfin sawtail catshark (Galeus nipponensis, found in China, Japan, and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge)

noun:

• marriage-oriented society (in which most people are married, usu. at a young age)

noun:

• seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period ➜ 大学別曹

noun:

• curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture) ➜ 母屋【もや】・庇

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; throbbing - onomatopoeia
• noisily; ears ringing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure - abbreviation

noun:

• residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period) ➜ 与力・同心

noun:

• dark sweet liquid produced after the third heating in a thermal sugar-refining process

noun:

• striped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan

noun:

• blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term ➜ 押し鮨【おしずし】

noun:

• downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated ➜ 脇【わき】

noun:

• gown technique (i.e. use of gowns in sterile environments)

noun:

• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• interesting (person, personality, manner); tasteful; pleasantly different; charming

expression:

• to have an interest (in something)

expression / noun:

• going back and forth; changing scenery (theatre); fluctuation (e.g. in a market)