noun:

• biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

noun:

• jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

noun:

• plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms ➜ 梅

noun:

• day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year) - obscure term ➜ 天一神・天一天上・癸巳

noun / ~する noun:

• staying in Europe

noun:

• drop-in - IT term

noun:

• share in inheritance; inheritance share; portion of inheritance

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense - archaism

noun:

• increase in (expansion of) demand

expression:

• year in, year out; 24-7

noun:

• term in which an appeal may be filed

noun:

• in public

noun:

• hachimaki tied in the back

noun:

• national center of trade unions; national centre of trade unions

noun:

• performance in return; quid pro quo - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses

noun:

• interest in men; itch for men

noun:

• pillow encased in a box

noun:

• part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout - Shintō term ➜ 紙相撲【かみずもう】

noun:

• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; TRIPS

noun:

• kink in one's neck; sprained neck ➜ 寝違え

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt - incorrect variant of 合いの手を入れる ➜ 合いの手を入れる

noun:

• lake formed in volcanic caldera

noun / ~する noun:

• staying in Japan