noun:

• rain forest

noun:

• non-negotiable bill

noun:

• charm for shrine visitors

noun:

• courtier; court official - archaism ➜ 殿上人

noun:

• law of conservation of momentum - Physics term

noun:

• thin paper

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to plant; to insert

noun:

• secret government business

noun:

• type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter - Food term ➜ 素麺【そうめん】

expression / noun:

• too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

noun:

• plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath - obscure term

noun:

• upper eyelid

adjective:

• annoying; noisy - colloquialism ➜ うぜえ
• strict ➜ うぜえ

adjective:

• respectful; reverent

noun:

• low geta (once used when cleaning the garden) ➜ 駒下駄【こまげた】

noun:

• pursue and attack (a criminal)

noun:

• nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes) - うるち refers only to rice ➜ 糯

noun / ~する noun:

• postponement; moving back ➜ 前倒し【まえだおし】

noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to be reluctant to sell

noun:

• katana; var. of Japanese long sword ➜ 刀

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• thick; dense; luxuriant

noun:

• indoor bath using water from a hot-spring

noun:

• swim bladder; air bladder ➜ 浮き袋

noun:

• sweet rice jelly
• Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener) - orig. meaning