noun:

• first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) ➜ 宮参り

adverb:

• with a clunk; with a clank - onomatopoeia
• the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)

noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

noun:

• lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff ➜ 綿ぼこり

noun / ~する noun:

• reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom

noun:

• first half of the game or match

noun:

• the study or science of religion; religious studies

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the ringing out of bells or chimes - archaism

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 江戸狂言

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 上方狂言

noun:

• sounding out the intentions or wishes of someone

noun:

• age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen

noun:

• the text; the main clause; the main part of a document - Linguistics term

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

noun:

• talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; chat
• talk show - abbreviation ➜ トークショー
• toque

expression / noun:

• ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

noun:

• cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to explain or describe a situation or matter in greatest details

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment; institution
• installation (of a machine or equipment)

noun:

• harmful side effects of a medicine or drug

noun / ~する noun:

• dying in a fit of anger or indignation

expression:

• very small (particularly of a room or flat)

noun:

• vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)

noun:

• shadow of a leaf or tree