noun:

• mesioproximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the listener, i.e. sore, soko, sochira) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

noun:

• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・房【ぼう】
• satellite ［添い星・添星］ - Astronomy term ➜ 衛星

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) ➜ 清【しん】

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

noun:

• houses of the Diet being controlled by different parties; twisted parliament [literal]

expression:

• having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)

noun:

• manas (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self) - Buddhism term ➜ 末那識

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 姑洗・十二律

noun:

• Song-period neo-Confucianism (based esp. on the teachings of Zhu Xi) ➜ 朱子学

noun:

• heavenly king - Buddhism term
• Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva) ➜ 牛頭天王

noun:

• Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - obscure term ➜ 参【しん】

noun:

• Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters ➜ 昴

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• Nihon Montoku Tenno Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts) ➜ 文徳実録・六国史

noun:

• mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild) ➜ 忌み詞

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 旅所

noun:

• Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)

noun:

• right action - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 八正道
• correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha) ➜ 正定業

expression:

• midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season - humble language ➜ 暑中お見舞い

noun:

• class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government

noun:

• someone or something that just gets in the way; a burden ➜ 荷物

noun:

• battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander