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生半 なまなか (namanaka)

halfway-done

Adjective N3
人見 ひとみ (hitomi)

slit in the curtains that allows someone on stage to see the audience (in kabuki theatre)

Noun N5
春田打ち はるたうち (harutauchi)

New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest

Noun N3
心が通じる こころがつうじる (kokorogatsūjiru)

to relate to

Expression N4
政府出資 せいふしゅっし (sēfushusshi)

government funding

Noun N2
定詰 じょうづめ (jōzume)

permanent staff

Noun N2
不正解 ふせいかい (fusēkai)

incorrect answer

Noun N3
ナワ族 ナワぞく (nawazoku)

Nahuatl (people)

Noun N3
大学院入試 だいがくいんにゅうし (daigakuinnyūshi)

graduate school entrance examination

Noun N3
方違へ所 かたたがえどころ (katatagaedokoro)

place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction

Noun N3
入り違い いりちがい (irichigai)

passing each other (without meeting)

Noun N3
天ぬき てんぬき (tennuki)

tempura soba without the noodles

Noun N3
山笑う やまわらう (yamawarau)

mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time

Expression N3
未だき まだき (madaki)

a very short while ago

Adverb N3
ろくろ首 ろくろくび (rokurokubi)

rokurokubi

Noun N3
風ほろし かざほろし (kazahoroshi)

skin eruptions caused by a cold or fever

Noun N3
液冷式 えきれいしき (ekirēshiki)

liquid cooled

Noun N2
天然型 てんねんがた (tennengata)

natural form (of a vitamin, etc.)

Noun N2
丸竹 まるたけ (marutake)

cut bamboo

Noun N2
蔵面 ぞうめん (zōmen)

rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it

Noun N2
火を放つ ひをはなつ (hiwohanatsu)

to set fire (to)

Verb N3
矢場女 やばおんな (yabaonna)

prostitute in a brothel disguised as an archery range

Noun N4
指金 ゆびがね (yubigane)

(finger) ring

Noun N4
生殺 せいさつ (sēsatsu)

sparing life and taking life

Noun N3
八白 はっぱく (happaku)

eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east)

Noun N3
楽座 らくざ (rakuza)

free markets and open guilds

Noun N3
和妻 わづま (wazuma)

traditional Japanese magic

Noun N3
七赤 しちせき (shichiseki)

seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)

Noun N3
つじつまを合わせる つじつまをあわせる (tsujitsumawoawaseru)

to make one's story to seem coherent

Expression N3
満を持す まんをじす (manwojisu)

to have readied a bow and stand at ready

Expression N3