| 諡号 | [しごう, shigou] (n) (See 贈り名) posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime) #7,445 [Add to Longdo] |
| 忠臣蔵 | [ちゅうしんぐら, chuushingura] (n) (See 浄瑠璃) performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) #12,314 [Add to Longdo] |
| ライブハウス | [raibuhausu] (n) shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed (wasei #12,899 [Add to Longdo] |
| たらい回し;盥回し | [たらいまわし, taraimawashi] (n, vs) (1) acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); (2) handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); (3) handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility) [Add to Longdo] |
| ちゃんこ番 | [ちゃんこばん, chankoban] (n) (sumo) person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) [Add to Longdo] |
| イナバウアー | [inabaua-] (n) Ina Bauer (figure skating technique first performed in 1957 by West German skater Ina Bauer); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| イラマチオ;イマラチオ | [iramachio ; imarachio] (n) (vulg) (sl) (See フェラチオ) irrumatio (fellatio wherein the majority of movement is performed by the felatee) (lat [Add to Longdo] |
| セイフティバント;セーフティーバント | [seifuteibanto ; se-futei-banto] (n) (See 犠牲バント) bunt performed for a base hit (wasei [Add to Longdo] |
| ソーラン節 | [ソーランぶし, so-ran bushi] (n) traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations [Add to Longdo] |
| ラインダンス | [raindansu] (n) revue dance performed in a line; line dance [Add to Longdo] |
| 永代供養 | [えいたいくよう, eitaikuyou] (n) services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul [Add to Longdo] |
| 割増手当;割り増し手当 | [わりましてあて, warimashiteate] (n) (See 割増賃金) salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours [Add to Longdo] |
| 寒垢離 | [かんごり, kangori] (n) cold-water ablutions performed in winter [Add to Longdo] |
| 間の狂言 | [あいのきょうげん, ainokyougen] (n) (See 間狂言) kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) [Add to Longdo] |
| 間狂言 | [あいきょうげん, aikyougen] (n) (See 本狂言) kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) [Add to Longdo] |
| 願人坊主 | [がんにんぼうず, ganninbouzu] (n) priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people [Add to Longdo] |
| 忌日 | [きにち;きじつ, kinichi ; kijitsu] (n) (1) (See 命日・めいにち) anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); (2) (See 七七日) 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed [Add to Longdo] |
| 経行 | [きんひん;きょうぎょう, kinhin ; kyougyou] (n) meditation performed while walking [Add to Longdo] |
| 肩たたき;肩叩き | [かたたたき, katatataki] (n, vs) (1) shoulder massage (performed by tapotement); (2) tap on the shoulder (request to resign) [Add to Longdo] |
| 袴能 | [はかまのう, hakamanou] (n) (See 装束能) informal noh performed in light clothes (during the summer) [Add to Longdo] |
| 御神楽 | [みかぐら, mikagura] (n) (See 里神楽) kagura performed at the imperial palace [Add to Longdo] |
| 座り相撲 | [すわりずもう, suwarizumou] (n) sumo wrestling performed in a sitting position [Add to Longdo] |
| 三拝 | [さんぱい, sanpai] (n) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly [Add to Longdo] |
| 三礼 | [さんらい;さんれい;みれい, sanrai ; sanrei ; mirei] (n) (See 三拝) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly [Add to Longdo] |
| 慈悲殺 | [じひさつ, jihisatsu] (n) (See 安楽死) mercy killing (euthanasia performed to end someone's suffering, but without consent) [Add to Longdo] |
| 女楽 | [おんながく;じょがく, onnagaku ; jogaku] (n) (1) music performed by women; (2) (じょがく only) women who performed court Bugaku music and dance [Add to Longdo] |
| 神事相撲 | [しんじずもう, shinjizumou] (n) sumo performed as part of Shinto harvest festivities [Add to Longdo] |
| 神遊び;神遊(io) | [かみあそび, kamiasobi] (n, vs) (See 神楽) song and dance performed as an offering to the gods [Add to Longdo] |
| 薪能 | [たきぎのう, takiginou] (n) noh theater performed at night by a fire [Add to Longdo] |
| 人長 | [にんじょう;ひとおさ, ninjou ; hitoosa] (n) (arch) chief kagura dancer (of kagura performed at the imperial palace) [Add to Longdo] |
| 塵手水 | [ちりちょうず, chirichouzu] (n) ritual squatting, clapping, and bearing of empty hands performed before each sumo match [Add to Longdo] |
| 吹禅 | [すいぜん, suizen] (n) (obsc) Zen blowing meditation (performed with shakuhachi) [Add to Longdo] |
| 推挙式 | [すいきょしき, suikyoshiki] (n) first ring-entering ceremony of the newly promoted grand champion, performed at Meiji shrine [Add to Longdo] |
| 節会相撲 | [せちえずもう, sechiezumou] (n) sumo performed at ancient Japanese imperial court [Add to Longdo] |
| 装束能 | [しょうぞくのう, shouzokunou] (n) (See 袴能) formal noh performed in full costume [Add to Longdo] |
| 足芸 | [あしげい, ashigei] (n) tricks performed with the feet [Add to Longdo] |
| 台覧相撲 | [たいらんずもう, tairanzumou] (n) sumo wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince [Add to Longdo] |
| 男舞 | [おとこまい, otokomai] (n) (1) dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period); (2) noh dance performed by a man without a mask [Add to Longdo] |
| 鳥追い;鳥追 | [とりおい, torioi] (n) (1) driving off birds; (2) procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; (3) female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; (4) street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan [Add to Longdo] |
| 天覧相撲 | [てんらんずもう, tenranzumou] (n) sumo wrestling performed in imperial presence [Add to Longdo] |
| 田植え踊り;田植踊 | [たうえおどり, taueodori] (n) (See 田遊び) refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tohoku about half way through the first lunar month [Add to Longdo] |
| 田遊び;田遊 | [たあそび, taasobi] (n) ritual Shinto performance (usually performed around New Year's) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year [Add to Longdo] |
| 徒手体操 | [としゅたいそう, toshutaisou] (n) free-standing exercises; calisthentics (performed without using any apparatus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 乍らに | [ながらに, nagarani] (conj) (uk) while; during; performed in this condition [Add to Longdo] |
| 反閇;返閉;反陪 | [へんばい, henbai] (n) (1) (See 禹歩・1) ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; (2) dance steps inspired by this ceremony [Add to Longdo] |
| 菩薩揚げ;媽姐揚げ;菩薩揚;媽姐揚 | [ぼさあげ, bosaage] (n) (obsc) ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
| 本狂言 | [ほんきょうげん, honkyougen] (n) (See 間狂言) discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays) [Add to Longdo] |
| 脈診;脉診 | [みゃくしん, myakushin] (n) diagnostic sphygmopalpation (in traditional Chinese medicine); medical diagnosis performed by feeling one's pulse [Add to Longdo] |
| 裏投げ | [うらなげ, uranage] (n) { MA } ura-nage (in judo, an over-the-head throw performed by rolling backwards) [Add to Longdo] |
| 立礼 | [りゅうれい, ryuurei] (n) tea ceremony performed with tables and chairs (instead of sitting on tatami) [Add to Longdo] |
