expression:

• beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise) - slang

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

noun:

• triptan (any one of a family of drugs used to treat severe headaches)

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

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

expression:

• there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink [literal] - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• Tenpo calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872)

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)

noun:

• Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) - archaism

noun:

• green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus, sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Chlorocebus aethiops) ➜ サバンナモンキー

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock) - archaism

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter) ➜ 座禅

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

noun:

• treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

noun:

• half-assed gyaru; young woman who partially adheres to the gyaru fashion trend - from 中途半端 and ギャル - abbreviation - slang ➜ ギャル

noun:

• attaching (of seaweed or seed oysters) to nets for the purpose of cultivation

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• peach throat monitor (Varanus jobiensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia)

noun:

• blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list) - abbreviation ➜ 空メール【からメール】