ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
(free) sample; promotional gift
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
performing arts; acrobatics
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
sickle and chain (weapon)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
eldest daughter; first-born daughter