noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement - four character idiom ➜ 侘寂

noun:

• rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

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• knee touch down - Sumo term
• posture with knees and toes on the floor

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• Jolly Rodger; pirate skull-and-crossbones flag

noun:

• long holiday (esp. Golden Week in late April and early May) ➜ ゴールデンウィーク

noun:

• skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked

noun:

• naan; nan; flatbread in Central and South Asian cuisine - From Hindi

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• Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis) - colloquialism
• blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) ➜ 大瑠璃

noun:

• 34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture ➜ 三十三所

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed) - obscure term ➜ 床を上げる

noun:

• half-way between medium and well done - From English "medium well"

noun:

• radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds - slang

noun:

• rising diagonally up and to the right
• growing; expanding; soaring

noun:

• roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)

noun / ~する noun:

• fitting together (e.g. nuts and bolts); fit

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• maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately - Martial Arts term

noun:

• coarse broken tea leaves and buds generated during the sifting process

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• beef cutlet (usu. deep-fried and breaded)

noun:

• infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions - in Chinese medicine
• temper; nerves ➜ 癇

noun / ~する noun:

• rolling about
• tossing and turning (in bed); jactitation; jactation ➜ 輾転反側

noun:

• office in Heian Kyoto responsible for police and judicial duties - obscure term

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• seal used to open and associated with a bank account

noun:

• careful and thorough person
• older male in an homosexual relationship ［ねんじゃ］ ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】

noun:

• metal collar mounted between a sword blade and the hand guard

noun:

• blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus, found in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)