noun:

• the nine principal points in a game of go

noun:

• dark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

adjectival noun:

• the age of wisdom; around forty

noun:

• state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period

noun:

• 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) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping medicine in the eyes

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables - Food term ➜ おろし和え【おろしあえ】

noun:

• merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period ➜ 文化文政時代

noun:

• dance originating in Kochi Prefecture using "naruko" - from 夜さり来い ➜ 鳴子

noun:

• the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 八部衆

noun:

• land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent) - four character idiom

conjunction / expression:

• with; by - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】
• by means of; because; in view of - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make oneself known to the public; to become popular; to gain influence

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to violate the law

noun:

• paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods

noun:

• excess of fold beyond the stitching seam

noun:

• mud and tile wall topped with tiles

noun:

• taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be in opposition; to be in private life

noun:

• tempura soba without the noodles

expression:

• missing the vital element

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

noun:

• chrysanthemum grown with artificial light

expression / noun:

• fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]