noun:

• horsepower; HP ➜ 馬力
• home page ［ＨＰ］ - IT term ➜ ホームページ
• half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding) ［ＨＰ］ ➜ ハーフパイプ
• HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game) ［ＨＰ］
• harp ［ｈｐ］ ➜ ハープ

noun:

• naked tribe; tribe or group that habitually goes naked
• nudist; nudism ➜ ヌーディズム
• being habitually undressed at home or in hotel rooms etc. (e.g. dressed in underwear) - slang

noun:

• first night; first watch of the night; bridal night

noun:

• gate of the imperial palace; imperial court; imperial palace

noun:

• Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15) ➜ 山王権現
• Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

conjunction:

• because; the reason being - archaism
• while; during

adverb:

• to the extent that; more and more ➜ 程

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 本社

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 奥社

noun:

• Ogosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)

noun:

• the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness) - archaism - Buddhism term ➜ 五蘊

noun:

• sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)

noun:

• haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom - obscure term ➜ 猿袴

noun:

• Lemuriformes; infraorder containing the lemurs (and sometimes the lorises and galagos)

noun:

• divine grace; divine protection; boon from the gods (or the emperor, etc.) - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• reflation; stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes ➜ リフレーション

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

noun:

• actual spot; scene; scene of the crime; site; location; setting ➜ 現地・現場を押さえる【げんばをおさえる】
• shop floor; factory floor; (on) site ［げんば］