noun:

• Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio

noun:

• this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese religious group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

ichidan verb:

• to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to tape together; to stitch together

adverb:

• exactly; surely; certainly; just - esp. 正に when in kanji
• right then; just then; at that moment
• just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening) - esp. 将に when in kanji
• duly; naturally - esp. 当に when in kanji

noun:

• white-freckled surgeonfish (Acanthurus maculiceps, species of tang from the Indo-West Pacific); spot-face surgeon; pale-lined surgeonfish; yellow-freckled surgeon fish

noun:

• longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish); Tiera batfish ［つばめうお・ツバメウオ］
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) - obscure term ➜ 飛び魚

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• physician in private practice
• town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

expression:

• any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper [literal] - proverb

noun:

• selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner

expression:

• function follows form; the outside shapes the inside; belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• removal of blanket government protection of bank deposits; introduction of limits on deposit insurance

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to capture all the popularity; to steal the show; to upstage

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory

expression / ichidan verb:

• to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

noun:

• second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be doing; to be in the process of doing