noun:

• (in soccer) system of using different starting lineups for different matches - Sports term

noun:

• (China's) new normal; state of slower economic growth in China since 2012

noun:

• tide; current
• sea water
• opportunity; chance ［しお］
• thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater ［うしお］ - abbreviation ➜ 潮汁【うしおじる】

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing into; inserting; depositing
• investment; putting in (personnel, etc.)
• release of a product
• making (an electrical circuit)

noun:

• ball (for sport, games, etc.)
• kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan ［鞠・毬］ ➜ 蹴鞠

noun:

• Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) ➜ 浄瑠璃・文楽

noun:

• popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language
• adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing

noun:

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

noun:

• carton (e.g. of cigarettes)
• tray (in which money is placed when paying); dish
• pasteboard ［カルトン］ - From French "carton"

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) ➜ 五明
• chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) - Buddhism term

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun / ~する noun:

• scattering (e.g. of islands, Go pieces, etc., often in a harmonious balance); dispersal; constellation; irregular spread - archaism - obscure term

noun:

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

counter:

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

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:

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

noun:

• the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses - four character idiom

expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

noun:

• sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
• designs and objects with a wavy pattern
• sweet mochi cake ➜ 素甘【すあま】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice - usu. as 口をそろえて

expression:

• better than a poke in the eye; better than none at all; better than nothing - idiom

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• one cup after another; cup by cup - four character idiom
• to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; the best one can do; breaking even - usually written using kana alone