noun:

• student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ➜ 浪人

noun:

• minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

noun:

• type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute - Law term

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

noun:

• Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to arrive - slang ➜ 出待ち

noun:

• King's goanna (Varanus kingorum, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Australia)

noun:

• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words

noun:

• game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

noun:

• paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

noun / ~する noun:

• reading but not responding to a text message (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

ichidan ~くれる verb (spec.) / transitive / auxiliary verb:

• to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given - くれ is an irregular alternative imperative form

godan ~す verb:

• to write down; to note; to jot down ➜ 記する
• to remember - usu. as 心に記す, etc.

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip