expression:

• (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

expression:

• playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; relaxing while the demon is out [literal] - idiom ➜ 洗濯

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way
• to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

numeric:

• 108; one hundred and eight

noun:

• the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩
• the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year ➜ 七十二候・節気

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

• immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
• winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the Philippines; moving to the Philippines; migration to the Philippines

noun:

• floor
• stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
• dining platform built across a river

noun:

• feelings; emotion; sentiment
• compassion; sympathy
• passion; affection; love
• the way things really are; the actual situation

noun / ~する noun:

• entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access
• visiting a high-class or noble individual - original meaning

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun:

• Feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate as opposed to emperor, 1185-1867 CE) ➜ 王朝時代

noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

interjection:

• not yet!; cry by the referee when one wrestler is on the attack - Sumo term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• remaining; left-over

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun / ~する noun:

• complete change in public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

noun:

• irrumatio (fellatio wherein the majority of movement is performed by the fellatee); face-fucking - vulgar - slang - From Latin ➜ フェラチオ

noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 夏越しの祓