noun:

• Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha ➜ 祖師禅

noun:

• salad of fish and vegetables, dressed with crushed mustard leaves and greens seasoned with sake lees, miso and vinegar - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• toughening the law; making the law stricter

noun:

• the Creator; Maker

noun:

• beans of the bean-scattering ceremony

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be hard to deal with; to be sinister-looking; to be idiosyncratic

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun:

• string tied across the open chest of a haori

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

noun:

• (member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• in heaps

noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun:

• women in general

noun:

• common goldeneye (species of duck, Bucephala clangula)

noun / ~する noun:

• eating with a guest
• nominal official (a slighting term)

noun:

• family working in the forest industry; forestry family

noun:

• man with a bald or shaven head

noun:

• 57th of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, written in 1743-1745
• Ryukyu islands - alt. name

noun:

• common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); chimpanzee; chimp

noun:

• mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall ➜ 築地【ついじ】

noun:

• woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity - colloquialism

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

noun:

• the Marshall Islands