noun:

• traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies)

expression:

• even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade - from the Humane King Sutra - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

noun / ~する noun:

• secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple
• retreat; off-site meeting

noun:

• photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends - abbreviation - From English "print club"

noun:

• form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

noun:

• leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding - From English "hard gay"

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

noun:

• postcards associated with Respect-for-the-Aged Day, and sold every year starting in September - From English "heart mail"

noun:

• soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl

noun:

• one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for the communist mainland and capitalist areas such as Hong Kong)

noun:

• refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month ➜ 田遊び

noun:

• starfish; sea star; asteroid; any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea
• northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)

noun:

• six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

noun:

• Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))

noun:

• Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)

noun:

• Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China between the 3rd & 5th centuries: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

noun:

• Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)

noun:

• Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines) ➜ お火焚

noun:

• flies; area over the stage of a theater (containing overhead lights, drop curtains, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• discarding; abandoning - archaism - Buddhism term
• variety of street performance from the Middle Ages ［ほうか］
• casting off one's attachments (in Zen) ［ほうげ］

noun:

• Randall's pygmy goby (Trimma randalli, species in Palau and the Philippines)