Vocabulary

patty (e.g. beef)

Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

beef patty

Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (one of the five seasonal festivals; celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar)

up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

having experienced (something); having had the experience (of)

bowing (of a string instrument)

nail penetration test (of batteries)

street with houses lined up only on one side

chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play)

wooden tag

artificial flower

experienced viewer (of theatre, kabuki, etc.); kabuki connoisseur

theatergoer; someone who likes plays

naked flame; naked light

Anabantoidei (suborder of labyrinth fish)

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

(not) very; (not) much

to give; to let one have; to do for one

credit monitoring; credit limit monitoring

isn't it; right?; you know?

murder scene (in kabuki, etc.)

train ticket printed on thick paper

train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll)

change; changing; vicissitudes

mosquito repellent

animal charcoal; carbo animalis

rusted; rusty

poetry form (esp. haiku)

roller shutter; rolling shutter

coping; top rail

confirmation bias; confirmatory bias

thumbnail (image)

dog; doggy; bow-wow

Smith's red-backed vole (Eothenomys smithii); Smith's vole

jōruri reciter

sweetbread; thymus or pancreas (esp. of a calf or a lamb)

to show signs of