noun:

• the pain brought on by the five skandha - Buddhism term ➜ 五陰

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime; on the other hand

expression:

• by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

noun:

• flat part on the top of the cranium

noun:

• stringing a bow; person who strings bows
• crescent moon - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り月
• paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り提灯

noun:

• luminous body like a shooting star
• any bright metal
• sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.)

noun:

• summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month) - Buddhism term

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to challenge (a person) to a fight

noun:

• black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century)
• product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.

noun:

• (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired - four character idiom

noun:

• very cautious person; very prudent person; very discreet person - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• founding a temple (on a hill-top)

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting (a lamp); turning on a light ➜ 消灯

noun:

• rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

noun / ~の noun:

• double - sometimes written as "Ｗ" ➜ シングル
• double bed; hotel room with a double bed - abbreviation ➜ ダブルベッド
• double-breasted - abbreviation ➜ ダブルブレスト
• double-cuffed
• double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters) - abbreviation ➜ ダブル幅
• doubles (e.g. in tennis) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ダブルス

noun:

• biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage - alternative to ハーフ ➜ ハーフ

noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

noun:

• last on the list; at the bottom

noun:

• the same event; no change (on the stock market)

noun:

• purple curtain on the hanging roof above the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - obscure term ➜ 国連海洋法条約

adverb:

• impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib

expression / noun:

• the Sermon on the Mount

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff