noun:

• retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior - four character idiom

noun:

• district; quarter
• enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork
• red-light district

prefix / suffix:

• wide and empty ［廓］

noun:

• cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)

noun:

• newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge - From English "free paper"

noun:

• luggage trunk for wrestlers and referees; wicker basket for a wrestler's belt, apron, etc. - Sumo term

noun:

• collision; bumping into
• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ ぶつかり稽古

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• Lolita fashion; fashion style characterized by frilly dresses, knee socks and bonnets - From English

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• San-you region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)

noun:

• dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

noun:

• bronze currency of ancient China (some pieces shaped like spades and others like opened straight razors)

noun:

• the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void) - Buddhism term ➜ 五行【ごぎょう】
• five great wisdom kings - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 五大明王

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun:

• full interchange (an interchange that has exits and entrances in both directions)

noun:

• Desert monitor (Varanus griseus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in North Africa and western Asia)

noun:

• juvenile Japanese sea perch (usu. 2-3 years in age and 40-60 cm in length) ➜ 鱸

noun:

• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領

noun:

• female cook; kitchenmaid
• woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses - archaism

noun:

• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ➜ 清談

noun:

• var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules