adverb:

• somehow or other; for some reason

noun / ~の noun:

• something or other

noun:

• person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko - archaism - obscure term - Shintō term

noun:

• beauty or ugliness
• personal appearance; looks

noun:

• poetic sentiment or inspiration; poetic inclination or taste; poem-composing mood; ability to appreciate poetry

noun:

• family or clan system

noun:

• swollen or cancerous spleen

noun:

• daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge
• residence of a daimyo's successor

noun:

• inexpert or untrained eyes

noun:

• admission fee or charge

noun:

• working-class accent or dialect ➜ 山の手言葉

noun:

• Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)

noun:

• special telegram or dispatch (despatch)

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term

noun:

• cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system

ichidan verb:

• to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)

adverbial noun / noun:

• in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability - four character idiom

noun:

• impact of publicity or propaganda

noun:

• the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children ➜ 三柱の神

noun:

• strong pelvis or hips

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• unfeeling or callous person

noun:

• date of issue or publication

noun:

• Buddhist priest who is a government minister

expression / ~の noun:

• sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

noun:

• family or person with samurai ancestors ➜ 華族【かぞく】