[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
[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
[kyacchise-rusu] (n) unscrupulous sales practice involving expensive hard-to-break contracts (practise) (wasei
[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)
[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
[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
[ごもくならべ, gomokunarabe] (n) gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row
[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)
[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)
[ひとじちじけん, hitojichijiken] (n) incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation
[せいあんじけん, seianjiken] (n) Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)
[せいじょ, seijo] (n) { Buddh } memorial rite involving the western sanctum
[どうしゅうせい, doushuusei] (n) administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
[たからさがし, takarasagashi] (n) (1) treasure hunting; (2) lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
[やくがいヤコブびょうそしょう, yakugai yakobu byousoshou] (n) Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants
[たちまわり, tachimawari] (n) (1) fight; scuffle; (2) walking about; walking around; (3) conducting oneself; (4) stroll (in Noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)