| あやかし | [ayakashi] (n) (1) ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; (2) something strange or suspicious; (3) idiot; fool; (4) noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters [Add to Longdo] |
| オレオレ詐欺;おれおれ詐欺 | [オレオレさぎ(オレオレ詐欺);おれおれさぎ(おれおれ詐欺), oreore sagi ( oreore sagi ); oreoresagi ( oreore sagi )] (n) type of fraud involving phone calls pretending distress [Add to Longdo] |
| キャッチセールス | [kyacchise-rusu] (n) unscrupulous sales practice involving expensive hard-to-break contracts (practise) (wasei [Add to Longdo] |
| ヤングラ市場 | [ヤングラいちば, yangura ichiba] (n) young underground market (the underground economy in goods and services, involving lots of barter and buying and selling of secondhand goods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 火祭;火祭り | [ひまつり, himatsuri] (n) (1) fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); (2) New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; (3) festival involving fire dedicated to the gods [Add to Longdo] |
| 花鳥風月 | [かちょうふうげつ, kachoufuugetsu] (n) (1) (See 花鳥諷詠) beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; (2) artistic pursuits involving nature themes [Add to Longdo] |
| 五目並べ | [ごもくならべ, gomokunarabe] (n) gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row [Add to Longdo] |
| 降り口;下り口 | [おりぐち;おりくち, origuchi ; orikuchi] (n) top of a flight of stairs; exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 神経衰弱 | [しんけいすいじゃく, shinkeisuijaku] (n) (1) neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; (2) concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs) [Add to Longdo] |
| 人質事件 | [ひとじちじけん, hitojichijiken] (n) incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation [Add to Longdo] |