noun:

• precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂・阿闍梨

noun:

• standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

noun:

• maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes

noun:

• day of national humiliation (used in China for certain anniversaries of incidents where Japan humiliated China)

noun:

• teppeiseki stone; platy andesite; flagstone; dark blue or purple stone, esp. used in paving or gardens

noun:

• tamago dofu; tamago-dofu; steamed egg custard with soup stock, cooked in a square mould

noun:

• Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (1948 act, replaced in 1984); Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Law ➜ 風営適正化法

noun:

• canoe, etc. in very clear water (illusion of flying)

pronoun:

• Flying Canoe (Canadian folk-tale)

noun:

• leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Sumo, Martial Arts term
• foothold; pedal

adverbial noun:

• nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units) ➜ 丸【まる】

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun:

• western direction
• Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) ［さいほう］ - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 西方浄土
• western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) ［にしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun:

• conduct; behaviour
• movements; gesture; one's carriage
• performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
• dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事

noun:

• international marriage which is recognized in only one party's country (e.g. same-sex marriage, polygamy, underage marriage)

noun:

• flipping (e.g. coin)
• two-timing; changing sides - slang
• zapping; channel-surfing ➜ ザッピング
• flipping; ring inversion - Chemistry term ➜ 環反転
• flipping; casting technique in fishing

noun:

• twentieth day of the month
• twenty days

noun:

• (my) wife ［かない］ - humble language
• inside the home; one's family

noun / ~の noun:

• facing; opposite; across the street; other side

noun:

• Sunday - abbreviation ➜ 日曜

suffix:

• day (of the month) - also んち or ち

suffix / counter:

• counter for days - also んち or ち

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• Japan - abbreviation ➜ 日本

noun:

• point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline ➜ 要領を得る
• knack; trick; the ropes

noun:

• sunlight; rays of the sun

adverb / ~の noun:

• originally; by nature; from the start

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• uniform; equal; even; the same; identical Antonym: 多様
• common; ordinary; usual