expression:

• last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death ➜ 涅槃会・涅槃雪【ねはんゆき】

noun:

• last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death ➜ 雪の果て【ゆきのはて】

noun:

• business-stimulating measures; economic stimulation program; measure to stimulate the economy

noun:

• wataka (Ischikauia steenackeri) (freshwater fish of the carp family) - 黄鯝魚 is gikun

noun:

• power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; shadow shogun [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)

noun:

• Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• adjusting the height of eyeglasses (e.g. using nose pads)

noun:

• round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais - Buddhism term ➜ 須弥壇

noun:

• Nimravidae; extinct family comprising the false saber-toothed cats

noun / suffix noun:

• superclass ［じょうこう］ - Biology term

noun:

• top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs - archaism - Buddhism term ➜ 僧綱

noun:

• Glaucophyta; phylum comprising the glaucophytes (a group of freshwater microscopic algae)

expression:

• if the kids make a racket outside, there will be rain - traditional belief - proverb

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar

adjective:

• warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy

adjectival noun:

• popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun:

• Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

expression:

• no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all ➜ なんてったって

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term ➜ ドラ

noun:

• shoryuken; uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series

noun:

• Beryciformes; order of fishes containing the alfonsinos, squirrelfishes, etc.

noun:

• southerly wind that blows when the cherry trees are in bloom - obscure term

noun:

• tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); "weeping copiously" [figurative] - lit., e.g. in 源氏物語