noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

expression:

• I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me ➜ その手【そのて】

noun:

• bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts

adverb:

• completely (from the bottom of one's heart); truly

noun:

• strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate

noun:

• Panamax (maximum size of ship that can pass through the Panama Canal)

noun:

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

noun:

• Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate

noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• desire for a fire that comes with the cold of autumn

noun:

• mythological growth (tumour) that takes the shape of a human face

noun:

• link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)

noun:

• on par (in golf, meeting par for that hole) - From English "par on"

noun:

• countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries

noun:

• country's official writing system; native script
• kana ➜ 仮名【かな】
• kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) ➜ 漢字

noun:

• Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため・タメを張る

noun:

• the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions) - four character idiom

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
• to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
• to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

expression:

• a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (pouring) water on a hot stone [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句・重陽【ちょうよう】

noun:

• (fixing) boundaries for religious practices - Buddhism term
• prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term
• fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple - Buddhism term
• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store - archaism ➜ 帳場格子
• barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier - esp. in games, manga, etc. - colloquialism