noun:

• annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds ➜ 天満宮

noun:

• interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor remains seated ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, species of catshark in the Eastern Pacific) ➜ アメリカナヌカザメ

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

noun:

• convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness
• bug thought to cause children's diseases

noun:

• ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (e.g. kariginu, eboshi) ➜ 狩衣・烏帽子

noun:

• single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts - e.g. 将 is read as「まさに...んとす」

expression / noun:

• Rumble in the Jungle; Foreman vs. Ali boxing match, Oct. 30, 1974; Kinshasa Miracle [literal]

noun:

• Long Term Evolution; LTE; standard for wireless communication of high-speed data in mobile telephony - IT term

noun:

• karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading ➜ カルタ・読み札・取り札

suffix noun:

• superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ➜ 裸足【はだし】

noun:

• ignoring (one thing) for (another) ➜ 其方退け【そっちのけ】

noun:

• coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)

expression / noun:

• fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]

noun:

• singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur

expression:

• like the young man who tried to walk like the Kantan people, gave up, and forgot how to walk

noun:

• great and splendid land (of Yamato)
• spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home
• excellent location; splendid place

noun:

• rhythm and blues; R & B

noun:

• visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind [literal] - proverb - sensitive

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open [literal] - proverb - sensitive ➜ 目明き千人盲千人

noun / ~する noun:

• tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); destruction
• annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. treaty)
• reversal (of an original ruling)

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to offer; to present; to submit; to supply
• to serve (food and drink)
• to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an alter)

adverb / ~する noun:

• cool sensation from passing air; cool and refreshing (aftertaste) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sound of air leaking; sound of a sleeper's breath

noun:

• defence of Buddhist doctrines; god who defends Buddhist doctrines - Buddhism term
• defence of the constitution
• religious power to dispel demons and diseases