noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

noun:

• "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front ➜ 羽織

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to act as a mediator; to serve as a mediator; to act as an intermediary; to be a go-between

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey ➜ 煙管乗車

noun:

• historical system whereby the Hida region provided 10 carpenters per village the central government in place of taxes

noun:

• "winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most) - slang ➜ 割り勘負け

noun:

• "loser" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the least) - slang ➜ 割り勘勝ち

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court) - archaism
• Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• Pseudotriakis (genus of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae whose sole member is the false catshark)

noun:

• Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel

noun:

• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

noun:

• Luvarus (sole genus of perciform fish in the family Luvaridae whose only member is the luvar)

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors)
• to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) - usu. 締め切る

expression:

• don't lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and might die before he can repay) - archaism - proverb

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort ➜ 力が入る

noun:

• influence; effect

~する noun:

• to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on

godan ~る verb:

• to change; to change into; to become

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep to oneself; to keep secret