noun:

• Glyphis (genus containing 5 known species of secretive true river sharks in the family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇汁

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇鍋

noun:

• standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider [literal]

noun:

• tempura made with egg yolk in the batter (hence golden colored) ➜ 天麩羅
• gold plate - slang

expression / adverbial noun:

• more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

noun:

• partitioned lidded wooden lunchbox
• food served in such a box

noun:

• charm; talisman; amulet
• tally
• sign; mark; note

counter:

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

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.) - From English "drink bar"

noun:

• woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)

noun:

• circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 正報

noun:

• ABCD line; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

expression:

• we are innocent until proven guilty; suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment; in dubio pro reo - proverb

noun:

• suddenly lifting somebody's face by their chin (in a domineering yet romantic fashion) - colloquialism

noun:

• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ジュンチャンタイヤオチュウ

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - Mahjong term

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰

noun:

• right; right hand side
• afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing; above ➜ 右に同じ

noun:

• railway station; train station
• staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• the other day; lately; recently; during this period
• meanwhile; in the meantime ［このかん］

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
• dislike (of); difficult to deal with

noun:

• haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times