expression:

• cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)

noun:

• center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas) - obscure term

noun:

• reinforcing "bolt" stitch across the bottom of a seam

noun:

• Hadith; tradition related to the words and deeds of Muhammad - From Arabic "hadit"

noun:

• language used in red-light districts during the Edo period ➜ 郭言葉

noun:

• drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

~と adverb / adverb:

• flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• string tied across the open chest of a haori

noun:

• hypercholesterolemia; hypercholesterolaemia (excess of cholesterol in the bloodstream)

noun / ~する noun:

• completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)

noun:

• new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period

pre-noun adjectival:

• ideal; desirable; the way something should be; target; goal

noun:

• parison (first small bubble at the end of a blowpipe)

noun:

• coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru" - abbreviation ➜ カ行変格活用

noun:

• medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)

noun:

• Abe Cabinet (inaugurated as the Japanese government, 2006-09-26) ➜ 公明党・自由民主党

noun:

• the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo - Buddhism term

noun:

• sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen

noun / ~の noun:

• stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes

expression:

• something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow) - obscure term

expression:

• relationships (formed by wealth) will end when the money ends

noun:

• the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan) ➜ 公案