[ちゅうぶ, chuubu] (n) (1) center; centre; middle; heart; (2) (abbr) (See 中部地方) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (P) #2454
[がけ, gake] (suf, adj-no) (1) (after an article of clothing) -clad; (2) (uk) (after a -masu stem) in the midst of; (3) (after a number in the ichi, ni counting system) tenths; (4) (after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system) times (i.e. multiplied by); (5) (after a number of people) able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) #4502
[したまち, shitamachi] (n) (See 山の手・1) low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, inc. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds); (P) #13059
[にぎる, nigiru] (v5r, vt) (1) to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch; (2) to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to press into shape; to mold; to mould; (3) to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of; (P) #16270
[okaka] (n) finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
[かんとうはっしゅう, kantouhasshuu] (n) (See 関八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
[かんはっしゅう, kanhasshuu] (n) (abbr) (See 関東八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
[かがみもち, kagamimochi] (n) mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.
[げんびけい, genbikei] (n) Genbi Gorge (Ichinoseki-shi, Iwate-ken)
[ごきない, gokinai] (n) (See 四畿内) the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
[ひかりもの, hikarimono] (n) (1) luminous body like a shooting star; (2) any bright metal; (3) sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.)
[ほそまき, hosomaki] (n) rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (i.e. a cigarette, a thin roll of makizushi, etc.)
[てまき, temaki] (n) (1) { food } winding or rolling by hand; (2) hand-rolled sushi, usually cone-shaped
[しゅうじょし, shuujoshi] (n) sentence-ending particle (yo, ne, kashi, etc.)
[ふとまき, futomaki] (n) (usu. food) rolling something thickly; something rolled thinly (i.e. a cigar, a thick roll of makizushi, etc.)
[おおさかずし, oosakazushi] (n) (See バッテラ・2, 押し鮨・おしずし) Kansai-style sushi (esp. pressed sushi, such as battera)
[ちゅうぶちほう, chuubuchihou] (n) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
[ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし, teishunosukinaakaeboshi] (exp) (arch) (See 烏帽子) Family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black
[とうかいちほう, toukaichihou] (n) Tokai region of Honshu (inc. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
[なんとろくしゅう, nantorokushuu] (n) six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
[にじそうさく, nijisousaku] (n) (See 同人誌) derivative work (e.g. alt. world, side story, doujinshi, fanfiction, etc.); derived work
[はっしゅう, hasshuu] (n) (1) (arch) (See 八洲) Japan; (2) (See 関八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
[まむし;はみ(ok);くちばみ(ok);たじひ(ok);マムシ, mamushi ; hami (ok); kuchibami (ok); tajihi (ok); mamushi] (n) (uk) (See 鎖蛇) pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)