noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

noun / adverbial noun:

• every day and every night; day after day; daily

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on

noun:

• water god; rain and snow god; dragon god; dragon king - obscure term

adjective:

• black
• dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)
• suspicious; criminal; illicit
• darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt
• evil; wicked; black-hearted
• inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky

noun:

• fallen scraps; scatterings
• leftovers; remainder; pickings; odds and ends

noun / ~の noun:

• student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.) - colloquialism - sensitive

noun:

• bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

noun:

• oyakodon-like dish made with something other than chicken; bowl of rice with cooked meat (esp. beef or pork) and eggs on top - Food term ➜ 親子丼

noun:

• sky
• heaven ［てん］
• svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ［てん］ - Buddhism term
• deva (divine being of Buddhism) ［てん］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• large hole
• great deficit; heavy losses
• big and unexpected winnings; a killing (e.g. on a race)
• dark horse (horse racing)

adverb:

• what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo)
• what article? (in a law)
• how can?; cannot possibly; there is no way - the 条 in 何条 is an ateji - archaism

noun:

• bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt - From Chinese "mianma" ➜ 支那竹

noun:

• bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt - sensitive ➜ 麺媽

noun:

• stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat (failure); Pride comes before a fall - four character idiom

noun:

• nailist; someone whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails (or "nail art") and care for nails

adverb / ~と adverb:

• stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness - onomatopoeia ➜ きりっと
• cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible
• creaking of a door or oar

noun:

• rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes
• gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets

noun:

• on-off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device on and off at specified times)

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• longing for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive; stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea

noun:

• deviation-value-oriented education; education focussed on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming