noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

noun:

• mushroom that springs up in the morning and withers by night; "something short-lived" [figurative] - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 - From English "Lehman Shock"

noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• salad served in a glass, cup, hollowed-out tomato, etc. - From English "cup salad"

noun:

• green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)

noun:

• detailed written report; formal account (of steps taken in response to an incident, etc.)

noun:

• food boiled or stewed in soy sauce, sugar, mirin, etc. for short-term preserving - Food term

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

noun:

• friends who sleep next to each other (without engaging in sexual activities)

noun:

• young men and women who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

counter:

• double; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• yaki-fu (baked wheat gluten) cut in ring-shaped slices (Niigata specialty)

noun:

• senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion - colloquialism ➜ 御局

noun:

• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

noun:

• non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature - Medicine term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get between; to be caught in

noun:

• (being in) the black; surplus Antonym: 赤字
• black letter

noun / ~する noun:

• retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation

expression:

• in error; by mistake; by accident