noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud ➜ 泥遊び【どろあそび】

noun:

• Diet members caucus; caucus of the Diet

noun:

• Diet members' caucus; caucus of the Diet - abbreviation ➜ 議員連盟

noun / ~の noun:

• meeting for the first time; first meeting

noun:

• Bird Day; Day of the Bird

noun:

• apple sold during the winter; winter apple

noun:

• government of the Qing dynasty; Qing government

noun:

• islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands

noun:

• active player; player on the active list

noun:

• setting moon; moon setting in the West

expression:

• what date?; what's the date?; when?

noun:

• overall victory; victory in the overall standings

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

noun:

• heresy; evil ways; path of evil ［魔道］
• sorcery; black magic
• netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam - Buddhism term ➜ 六道

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

noun:

• flat ground
• seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki) ➜ 平土間【ひらどま】
• multi-brand display area (in a shop)

noun:

• crookedness; something not right; something out of the ordinary; something unpleasant; something disgusting; unlawfulness; something unhappy; calamity

noun:

• registration of transfer of shares; entry of a change of holders in the register of shareholders

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to differ; to be different
• to run counter to
• to change (into something out of the ordinary)

noun:

• the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji) ➜ 京都五山

noun:

• futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor)
• round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• townspeople; townsfolk; commoner; civilian; merchant; tradesman; tradeswoman; tradespeople; artisan; members of the lowest Edo-period social class (comprising commoners not involved in farming)

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people