noun:

• life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened - four character idiom

noun:

• the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying and intemperance) - Buddhism term

noun:

• family chart and personal history - esp. for お見合い

noun:

• yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

noun:

• vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢

noun:

• syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit; mitsumame mixed with an(ko) - from 餡 and 蜜豆 - Food term

noun:

• overcoat with very simple lines and no shoulder pads, etc. (from: unconstructed) - abbreviation

noun:

• Arts and Crafts Movement

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term ➜ 曙貴時代

noun:

• era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I - Sumo term

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term

noun:

• caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap

noun / ~する noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) - four character idiom ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce ➜ 雑炊

noun:

• solfa syllables (do, re, mi, fa, sol (soh), la and si (ti))

noun:

• being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on

interjection:

• no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ ひっつき虫

noun:

• burr (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes) ➜ くっつき虫

noun:

• usu. the drop between collar and bottom hem on kimono, yukata, etc.

noun:

• user needs (generally in market research and IT)

noun:

• pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing - four character idiom ➜ 夏山冬里方式

noun:

• happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante ➜ 極楽蜻蛉

noun:

• mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried ➜ 欠き餅