noun:

• railroading an opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism - Buddhism term

noun:

• reading between the lines - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the base - Baseball term

noun:

• the whole country

noun:

• late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts

noun:

• 15th of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• (in Japan) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B) ➜ 十二律・南呂

noun:

• on-the-site inspection

noun:

• the peddling trade - four character idiom

noun:

• small apartment rented by the week - From English "weekly mansion"

noun:

• the inner life

noun:

• five lowly castes of the ritsuryo system - archaism - obscure term - abbreviation ➜ 五色の賤

noun:

• Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods) - four character idiom

noun:

• the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

noun:

• entering the priesthood; priest; monk - Buddhism term
• man with a shaven head
• bald-headed monster

noun:

• the poultry industry; poultry farming

noun:

• address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

expression:

• if the kids make a racket outside, there will be rain - traditional belief - proverb

noun:

• on the high seas

expression / adjective:

• being unable to leave the work at hand; being right in the middle of something - idiom

noun:

• petty bench of the supreme court; small claims court