noun:

• woman textile worker
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星・ベガ

adverb:

• from afar; over a great distance; all the way

noun:

• musical instrument; music
• accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)

noun:

• letters-to-the-editor column; readers' section
• space for correspondence, messages, etc.

noun:

• (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

noun:

• proximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the speaker, i. e., kore, koko, kochira) - Linguistics term

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae ［しょくじょ］ - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun / ~の noun:

• right in the center (centre) - colloquialism

noun:

• era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop the opponent by pressing one's head into his chest - Sumo term

noun:

• mythical ball inside the anus that is sought after by kappa

noun:

• formal meeting (committee, etc.); session
• this (the aforementioned, our) association (society, organisation)

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) - four character idiom ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence - four character idiom ➜ 首鼠

noun:

• lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out - four character idiom

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

noun:

• ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan - obscure term

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 逢う魔が時

noun:

• rumbling stomach; noise from gas moving inside the digestive tract; borborygmus; rugitus

noun:

• usu. the drop between collar and bottom hem on kimono, yukata, etc.

noun:

• posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime) ➜ 贈り名

noun:

• thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward) - Sumo term

noun:

• The Big Apple (nickname for New York City)

noun:

• sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (Mar. 20, 1995)