irregular kanji usage food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
historical term noun noun (generic)
- carriage decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian-era nobles
noun noun (generic)
- ungen, method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense; used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods
noun noun (generic)
- hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.
noun noun (generic)
- alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, cadmium, etc., used to fuse items of gold
slang noun noun (generic)
- signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
computing noun noun (generic)
- full-width character, regular character in the JIS, Unicode, etc. standards
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone mahjong noun noun (generic)
- rīchi, riichi, declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed
- being one step away from victory, success, failure, etc.
abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc., cue card
- crib sheet, cheat sheet