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Food, cooking

dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup)

Sumo

resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt

facing the other way

to change direction

folded or rolled head towel; towel twisted around one's head

to one's face; in one's presence

aggressiveness; combativeness

head sea

backfire (to defend against forest fires)

Usu. in letters

approach of winter; approaching the coldest time of the year

heliotropism

pro-American

anger; passion

smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal

large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)

Physics

centripetal force

heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism

to change direction

Usu. in letters

approach of the hot season; approaching the hottest time of the year

the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

pro-American

Biology

anagenesis

Medicine

adaxial; ventral

current flowing from the open sea towards land

karamon gate with karahafu eaves at the front and back

one's nearest neighbors; houses in one's immediate neighborhood; the three houses across the street and the two houses on either side of one's house