noun:

• formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent) - Law term

noun:

• cere; skin at the base of a bird's beak

noun:

• physical reaction caused by a phobia about going to work

noun:

• original poster (of a web-forum thread); OP ➜ トピ

~の noun:

• best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a matter of life or death

noun:

• paying a tribute; contribution; presentation of something to an aristocrat

pronoun:

• I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

noun:

• flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (like a pickle); crunchy - onomatopoeia
• firm (musculature) - onomatopoeia
• stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• no man can resist the lure of a woman - proverb

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• trying of a crime; conviction - obscure term
• condemnation to death by beheading

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

noun:

• act of visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

noun:

• period during which monks may go into a summer retreat - Buddhism term ➜ 夏安居

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow

noun / ~する noun:

• exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance

noun / ~する noun:

• entreaty; imploring; begging
• spoken portion of a song; oral recitation

noun:

• small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

noun:

• thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)

noun:

• bicycle escalator (slim conveyor belt beside a flight of stairs)

noun:

• seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape

noun:

• lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine ➜ 釣り灯籠

noun:

• xun (ancient Chinese musical instrument resembling a clay ocarina) - archaism - obscure term