背中合わせに立って腕を組んで、一方が前屈する事でもう一方の背筋を伸ばす体操を、子供の頃よくやりましたよね。の英語

That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?

an overarm stroke of Japanese swimming

Perspiration cools the body by means of the phenomenon referred to as ‘the heat of evaporation.' As perspiration evaporates, it removes heat from the body.

a pose of "kabuki" when the people on stage acting have a different pose but seem to be pulling each other mentally

A large disparity in the size of the sexes usually suggests that males compete for females and that the species is polygamous.

They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.

a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope

I have one of my friends who graduated from university and became a fine public servant. Once he told me that what he had learned from school had been useless. However, what little philosophy he had learned proved to be of great benefit.

a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

We live in a machine age; motorcars, TV sets, clothes, and books, to name but a few [to mention only a few], are all machine‐made products.

a method of writing Japanese calligraphy in big letters by holding a brush vertically and keeping the elbow away from the body

a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

In China in the year 208, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, leads his army to wipe out rival forces in southern China and unify China.

meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce

a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward

If a women walks on a public street exposing her lower body, it's public indecency. If she walks while exposing her upper body, then it's a violation of article 20(1) of the minor offenses act.

a type of broad jump in which a person runs and jumps twice on one leg and then on the third jump with both legs called a triple jump

There is a paper plane that can fly to the end of the world, a stuffed monkey that hugs you and a dinosaur that loves to play Frisbee.

I'm working hard so that this traditional form of comic storytelling will be known worldwide the way Kabuki and Kyogen are.

Together with offerings of flowers and food to the family Buddhist alter, decorations such as horses made out of cucumbers or cows made out of eggplants are also placed.

"The military potential of the unit must not be known," says a member of the GSDF Ground Staff Office.

Some suggested it because of the birth of Prince Hisahito to Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko.

during the Edo period in Japan, a merchant who dealt regularly with the Daimyos' city warehouse and who conducted the trading of rice {as well rice tax collection}

a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

One of the popular figures in Japanese TV drama is a vice‐shogun in the Edo period who travels around the country incognito rewarding the good and punishing the evil.

Starting from the thumb, fingers are also referred to as "Daddy finger", "Mummy finger", "Brother finger", "Sister finger" and "Baby finger".

used in order to make the expression in Japanese poetry or prose more interesting, a word closely related to the main words of the work

Typical examples are rice terraces called senmaida and a traditional fishing method by ama, or women divers.

the action of changing a scene in kabuki

When putting out items such as drinks after the meal, we will provide them after we take the table trays and dishes of the finished food.