adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death - Buddhism term

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

noun:

• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - four character idiom

noun:

• New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

noun:

• grapple; scuffle; fight
• defeating one's enemy on the battlefield

noun / ~する noun:

• crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

• portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

noun:

• sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun:

• edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

noun:

• comical (story, song); comic
• the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.)
• something laughable

noun:

• Lingchi; Leng Tch'e; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears - esp. 初, 初心

prefix noun:

• birth- - 産, 生

noun:

• winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season - four character idiom

noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• confusing people
• magic
• ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

noun:

• fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

noun:

• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)