noun:

• soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
• term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
• guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

noun:

• poem or song written by the emperor

noun:

• binding a book in an oblong shape

noun:

• the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs - four character idiom ➜ 熊さん八っつあん

noun:

• being under the rule of; being under the government of

noun:

• clothing decorated with one's family crest

noun:

• common mode rejection - IT term

noun:

• Nagasaki dish of noodles with various toppings

noun:

• highest part of the shoulder (of clothing)

noun:

• skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso - Food term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

noun:

• Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil - From Chinese "dan dan mian"

noun:

• kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times ➜ 七変化【しちへんげ】
• the seven common disguises of ninja

noun / ~する noun:

• removing the astringent taste (from persimmons)

noun:

• stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce - abbr. of 海老のチリソース煮 - abbreviation

noun:

• in-house manufactured goods

noun:

• beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin ➜ どて焼き【どてやき】

noun:

• line drive to the shortstop - Baseball term - From English "short liner"

noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be reflected in a mirror

noun / ~する noun:

• instructions sent in response to a question (from an embassy, consulate, etc.)