noun:

• tag-question (e.g. questions like 'He is, isn't he?') - Linguistics term

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

expression:

• it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...

interjection:

• ah; oh - expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
• hey! - used to get someone's attention

expression:

• there is a tendency; there is a possibility

expression / adjective:

• it is not (like that); used to explicitly deny one thing while also implicitly denying other things

expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position
• to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world

noun:

• part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 上前

noun:

• a gentle spirit is more important than looks; handsome is as handsome does

noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

noun:

• à la carte - From French

pre-noun adjectival:

• what (e.g. "what rudeness") (an expression of surprise, anger)

expression:

• what (something) is like - usu. as 〜の何たるか

noun:

• form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 空即是色

noun:

• recorder; flûte à bec - From French

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

noun:

• straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is

noun:

• milonga (tango-like dance)
• place where the milonga and tango is danced

expression:

• hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit - proverb

noun:

• cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

adjectival noun:

• inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

expression:

• Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy; He that is too secure is not safe - four character idiom

suffix noun:

• looking like a ...; acting as if a ...