noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor remains seated ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)
• roadside lamp that stays lit all night

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

noun:

• convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness
• bug thought to cause children's diseases

expression:

• someone who was just crying quickly cheers up and smiles; a child's emotions change easily

noun:

• (within) basic fare (of a taxi meter, without being charged for mileage) - From English "one meter"

noun:

• young woman who takes walks, etc. with male clients for a charge - From English "stick girl"

noun:

• green man; representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves

noun:

• ghost runner; placeholder used when fewer than 9 members are present on a team - Baseball term

noun:

• sexual activity (at a brothel) involving body lotion and an air mattress - From English "mat play"

noun:

• family crest based on a japonica flower - archaism
• style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances - archaism ➜ 常磐津【ときわず】

noun:

• karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading ➜ カルタ・読み札・取り札

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 弔い上げ

noun:

• regular column or opinion piece written by a different person each time - From English "relay column"

noun:

• coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)

expression / noun:

• person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree [literal] - idiom

expression / noun:

• fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]

noun:

• singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur

noun:

• dragon's den
• auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)

noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"

adjective:

• fat; thick
• deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous
• daring; shameless; brazen; audacious

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run
• driving
• working (capital, etc.)

noun:

• cheese ➜ 乾酪
• tee (piping); T-joint

interjection:

• cheese (expression used when taking a photograph) - usu. as はい、チーズ

adverb:

• quite; really; very; extremely
• nothing; not a bit; not at all - with neg. verb