expression:

• a good workman does not blame his tools - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• pressing forward without giving a chance to explain - archaism

noun:

• copying from a model without looking at it (calligraphy) ➜ 臨書

noun:

• advertising poster in a station

noun:

• catgirl; character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat

noun:

• fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine) ➜ 御神籤【おみくじ】

noun:

• back pain due to the cold accompanying a snowfall

noun:

• reason for (one's) application (esp. to a company)

noun:

• toy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel) - archaism ➜ 楊弓場

noun:

• trade below the public offering price during a float

noun:

• medieval armour lacking a solid breastplate and sleeves

noun:

• minor fluctuations (e.g. in a market); small movements

noun:

• stone used as a marker for hundred times worship ➜ 百度参り【ひゃくどまいり】

noun:

• court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall ➜ 神楽殿

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to a company where one has worked before

noun:

• chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha); reciting a prayer - Buddhism term ➜ 観念念仏

noun:

• skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

noun:

• severing the relationship between a temple and its supporters - Buddhism term

noun:

• light vehicle lacking a motor (e.g. cart, bicycle)

noun / ~の noun:

• eligibility (e.g. to perform a job); qualification; licence

noun:

• brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.

noun:

• brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.

noun:

• brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.

noun:

• Dharmakara Bodhisattva; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation - Buddhism term

noun:

• Chinese lacquerware technique resulting in a mottled finish