noun:

• slender smooth-hound (Gollum attenuatus, species of finback catshark from the Southwest Pacific)

noun:

• Ctenochaetus flavicauda (species from the Central Pacific, smallest bristletooth tang of its genus)

noun:

• festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
• gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil - archaism

noun:

• Japanese style restaurant; Japanese style dining hall

noun:

• the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea
• of or about Japan

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

noun:

• style of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu

noun:

• haiku poet's pseudonym ➜ 俳号【はいごう】

noun:

• splendid haiku; well-turned phrase

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to compose a haiku poem

noun:

• poetic instinct; taste for haiku

noun:

• seasonal word (in haiku) - obscure term ➜ 季語

noun / ~する noun:

• submitting a haiku (for publication) ➜ 俳句

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• the power of life or death - four character idiom

noun:

• name of a or the Buddha

noun:

• age or life of the emperor

noun:

• infections or diseases of the ear

noun:

• the "three noes principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility (irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s - four character idiom

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

noun:

• opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
• rear; back; behind
• lining; inside
• in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
• more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
• proof ➜ 裏付け
• opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
• inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】

expression:

• largely the same

noun:

• Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)

noun:

• era name selected by commoners (as opposed to the imperial court) - obscure term