noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun:

• half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混一色

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 虫干し

noun:

• diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium ➜ 陰陽道【おんみょうどう】

noun:

• entry (esp. to vehicles); entrance
• equipage for restraining and mounting horses ［のりくち］ - archaism

expression:

• confidentially speaking; between you and me; don't tell anybody else about this

noun:

• rain dragon; mythical beast with yellowish green skin and red tail

noun:

• cross-cut sawtooth oak charcoal (resembling chrysanthemum flowers, and used in tea ceremonies)

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); IS; ISIL

noun:

• TeX; typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth - IT term

noun:

• skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso

noun:

• ceremonial tasting of wedding cake by bride and groom - From English "first bite"

~の noun:

• sultry; muggy; steamy; sticky; hot and humid ➜ むしあつい

noun:

• 6th month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• post-retirement return to one's home town and carrying out agricultural pursuits

noun:

• one's second son ➜ 次男【じなん】
• man between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 少丁

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• Wotan (god in German and Anglo-Saxon mythology); Wodan ➜ オーディン

noun:

• yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara period Japan

expression:

• life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to point
• to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
• to identify; to indicate; to point out
• to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece) - Shōgi term
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 差す

noun / ~する noun:

• lead; leading; taking the lead

noun:

• lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede
• lead (wire)
• lead (e.g. dog); leash
• reed (of a woodwind, etc.)
• lied; German song, usu. for solo voice & piano - From German "Lied" ➜ リート

noun / ~する noun:

• read; reading

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)