noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is... ➜ なのだ

expression:

• the customer is always right; the customer is king

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

noun:

• exception; exclusion

~する noun:

• to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product); to eject; to expel; to throw out

noun:

• counter
• service counter (e.g. at a bank)
• counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.)
• automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems) - IT term ➜ カウ・モニター

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier ➜ 内閣総理大臣

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ コスチュームプレー

noun / ~の noun:

• one's own handwriting; autograph
• as written with a brush

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

noun:

• flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

noun / ~する noun:

• consultation at an office (as opposed to a house call) ➜ 往診

noun / ~の noun:

• familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family

noun:

• ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• clear and resounding (as a voice or musical instrument)

pronoun:

• I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

noun / ~する noun:

• support (e.g. of an element acting as a catalyst)

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• (a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage