noun:

• (gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle

noun:

• image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.) - ぎょえい is usu. for royalty; みえい for Buddhism - honorific language

noun:

• loose morals (e.g. of a geisha); easy virtue ➜ 不見転芸者【みずてんげいしゃ】
• impulse; whim

noun:

• (historical) government-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home

adjectival noun / noun:

• becoming an adult or full-fledged member of (a) society ➜ 一人前

noun:

• foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• adaptation (e.g. of a poem or novel); rewriting; recasting; modification; rehashing - four character idiom

noun:

• rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; scandal ［浮き名・浮名］
• bad reputation - archaism

noun:

• first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence

noun:

• scale (i.e. hard water coating in a kettle, etc.); fur

noun:

• standing (for a long period of time); continuing to stand

expression:

• utterly ignorant; not knowing; having no idea; (being a) blithering idiot

noun:

• purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to make a circle (e.g. draw, paint, describe, walk, drive, etc.)

noun:

• making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term

noun:

• site (e.g. room, building) especially prepared for a meeting (event, etc.)

noun:

• term of validity; period for which (a ticket) is available (valid)

noun:

• two operating systems on a computer; double-boot - IT term

noun:

• clothes a wrestler wears when he has his belt on - Sumo term

noun:

• man who marries a wealthy or upwardly-mobile woman; (male) gold digger

expression:

• all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing - four character idiom

noun:

• flowers or flower arrangements for a butsudan (household Buddhist altar)

noun:

• flawless; perfect - four character idiom
• (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces

noun:

• mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit - four character idiom