noun:

• chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section

noun:

• name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

noun / ~の noun:

• pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the laws of nature; to overstep the bounds of moderation

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - sometimes read たまをのぼし or たまほめぼし - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・魂讃め星・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂讃め星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

expression:

• victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

noun:

• using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) ➜ 万葉仮名

noun:

• sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom