noun:

• flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad) - Buddhism term ➜ 三尊【さんぞん】・中尊【ちゅうぞん】

noun:

• congratulatory postcards with a spring pattern sold every year in February

noun:

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

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

noun:

• Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)

noun:

• gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg

noun:

• rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

noun:

• structure of an artwork; pictorial design
• pictures inserted in a book

noun:

• repeat of a deuce (in tennis, etc.) - usu. as ジュースアゲーン, アゲーンワン, etc. - From English "again"

adverb:

• again

noun:

• sport similar to ball-toss game played in schools (All Japan Tamaire) - abbreviation ➜ 玉入れ

noun:

• railgun (gun in which a conductive projectile is propelled using electromagnetic force)

noun:

• coilgun (gun in which a magnetic projectile is propelled using electromagnetic coils)

noun:

• nonenal (fatty acid responsible for a distinctive body odor in older people) ➜ 加齢臭

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• towering; lofty - archaism
• standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

noun:

• Arcturus (star in the constellation Boötes); Alpha Bootis - Astronomy term

noun:

• sleight of hand (e.g. in magic tricks) - From English

noun:

• dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• continuous session (e.g. trading in a stock exchange); zaraba

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

noun:

• someone who withdraws from society (e.g. hides in their room); hikikomori - derogatory term - slang ➜ 引きこもり

noun:

• high tension (as in electronics, etc.)
• excited; enthusiastic

noun:

• Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) ➜ 清【しん】

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】