noun:

• ambulatory vending of snacks in a theater or stadium (theatre)

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata ➜ 七夕【たなばた】

noun:

• booth or stall in front of a home

noun:

• banker's cut or fee charged in a gambling saloon

noun:

• air or vapour in the soil (vapor)
• electrical earth; ground

noun:

• (the two sides) being evenly-matched in influence or power - four character idiom

noun:

• small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed ➜ 杯洗

expression:

• something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow) - obscure term

noun:

• straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock) - obscure term

noun:

• advanced standing (in school or college); credit for prior studies

noun / ~する noun:

• exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance

noun:

• pornographic magazine or book sold wrapped in plastic - from ビニール and 本

noun:

• NEET (young people not in education, employment or training)

noun:

• awards ceremony recognizing excellence (e.g. in sake or natto) - esp. in form 全国◯◯鑑評会

noun:

• Dear Sir or Madam, in reply to your letter ... - salutation of a formal letter of response

noun:

• illegal arrest and imprisonment resulting in death or bodily injury

noun:

• restaurant specializing in fried beef or pork offal ➜ ホルモン焼き

noun:

• poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
• singing a poem or song in a loud voice

expression:

• not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord - from the Book of Rites - proverb ➜ 不倶戴天

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims) ➜ 四国遍路

noun:

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

noun:

• processing trade (importing all or part of raw and auxiliary materials, parts, components, accessories, and packaging materials in bond from a foreign company, and re-exporting the finished products after processing or assembly for distribution and sale by that foreign company)

noun:

• (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance) - four character idiom
• establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

noun:

• ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
• rice dance; rice festival
• tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 田楽焼き
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides - abbreviation ➜ 田楽返し