noun:

• disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)

noun:

• horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes - Geology term

noun:

• sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air ➜ 懸腕直筆【けんわんちょくひつ】

noun:

• being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate - colloquialism

noun:

• stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 炒め煮

expression:

• things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; there are no boars larger than the mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
• murderer of women
• murder of women

noun:

• plan which is shown on the left; left-most plan; map on the left (chart, graph) ➜ 右図

expression / noun:

• brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse)
• quickie (in a brothel); short sexual act
• just a short moment; a little while; an instant - orig. meaning

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

noun:

• steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it)
• mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions) ➜ こわめし

expression:

• c'est la vie; that's life - From French

expression:

• but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker; phrase poking fun at people describing their ideal male partner, as a postscript - humorous term

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

noun:

• outline; main point; gist

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• general; substantially; approximately; about
• in the first place; to begin with; from the start

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• innocence
• insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.)
• free from obstructive thoughts - Buddhism term ➜ 有心

~する noun / transitive:

• to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun:

• magnificent rabbitfish (Siganus magnificus, species of rabbitfish found from Thailand to Java)

noun:

• Indian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium silasi, species of catshark from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun:

• bridle made from knotted rope or leather - obsolete term
• multi-coloured rope ceremonial garland, placed on cattle, large rocks, etc.

noun:

• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)