noun:

• woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images

noun:

• congagement; containment and engagement (in foreign affairs) - obscure term

noun:

• weekday; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

~の noun:

• medium and high-rise (buildings, apartments, etc.)

noun:

• constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable - four character idiom ➜ 一虚一実【いっきょいちじつ】

noun:

• township and village enterprises (in China); TVE - abbreviation ➜ 郷鎮企業

noun:

• getting on and off stage - theatrical slang ➜ 捌ける【はける】

expression:

• incompatible; (going together) like oil and water - idiom

conjunction / particle:

• and yet; though; when; in spite of ➜ くせに

noun:

• Minister of Communications and Transportation (1885-1949) ➜ 逓信省

noun:

• sophisticated and professional work system - from 高度プロフェッショナル制度 - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• collecting (plants and animals); gathering; capturing; catching

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to strip and leave clothes lying around

noun:

• Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE) ［こうらい］ - abbreviation

noun / prefix noun:

• Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

noun:

• (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine ［狛］ ➜ 狛犬

noun:

• formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck - four character idiom

noun:

• megafeps (mnemonic for verbs that never precede infinitives, but rather their gerunds); mind, enjoy, give up, avoid, finish, escape, postpone, stop

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck ➜ 霊感商法

noun:

• underground website or online message board for a school where students typically exchange information on tests, commit cyberbullying, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• on business; for business; business purpose

expression / interjection:

• for shame!; shame on you!; shame! ➜ 恥を知る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another ➜ 密会・乳繰り合う

noun:

• very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• having great (impressive, commanding) presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position) - four character idiom

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道