noun:

• Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over - Buddhism term ➜ 八大地獄【はちだいじごく】

expression / adjective:

• lost for words; not knowing what to say by way of excuse (refutation)

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• agency; (attorney's) authority of representation

noun / ~の noun:

• adrenal cortex; cortex of the adrenal gland

noun:

• princess; daughter of a nobleman

noun:

• famous bridge; masterpiece of a bridge

noun:

• Okikurumi; mythical founder god of the Ainu - From Ainu

pronoun:

• I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

noun / ~する noun:

• waxing and waning; phases of moon

noun:

• worldly affairs; ways of the world

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to remove one's shirt thus revealing the skin; to remove the upper part of one's garments
• to work with great effort ➜ 片肌脱ぐ・一肌脱ぐ

noun:

• nailist; someone whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails (or "nail art") and care for nails

noun:

• under-the-table payoff; offer of an illegal profit

noun:

• arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries

noun:

• Herpestes; genus of mongooses

noun:

• increment; amount of increase

noun:

• book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets
• delivering a letter

noun:

• youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own - four character idiom

noun:

• flocking plovers; flock of plovers

noun:

• obituary; notification of death

noun:

• lifestyle; way of life

noun:

• Pinaceae; family of pine trees ➜ 松

noun:

• mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women
• women-only location