noun:

• aged paste; microbially fermented weak adhesive for restoration of Japanese works of art on paper

noun:

• dive on an underwater scooter; diver propulsion vehicle dive

godan ~る verb:

• to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up - slang - humorous term

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - archaism ➜ 唐楽

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 左方の楽

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - obscure term ➜ 唐楽

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) ➜ 祇園祭

noun:

• beriberi ➜ 脚気【かっけ】

noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

• tearing off something stuck on the surface of something else (e.g. duct tape) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism

noun:

• show-off bra; wearing clothes that reveal part of the bra (on purpose)

noun:

• festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce ➜ 恵比寿【えびす】

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)

noun:

• nursery school sleepover; one night sleepover at school in summer vacation of last year of nursery school

noun / ~する noun:

• growing en masse in a location (plants) ［ぐんせい］
• living gregariously (animals, people); living in a community ［ぐんせい］

noun:

• all animate creation - Buddhism term

expression:

• even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cut off a finger (as an act of apology) ➜ 指詰め
• to catch one's finger (in a door, etc.) - Kansai dialect

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp ［印す・標す］ - archaism
• to show a sign (i.e. an omen)

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

~と adverb / adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• with a glitter; with a sparkle - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• brand new; shiny and new - onomatopoeia

noun:

• business affairs of a company
• clerical business of a Shinto shrine

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a breath; to take a short rest

noun:

• rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

godan ~く verb:

• to take a breath; to take a short rest ➜ 息をつく