noun:

• pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

noun:

• excess or deficiency

noun:

• lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine ➜ 釣り灯籠

noun:

• small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

noun:

• one's own thoughts or opinion - polite language

expression:

• by any means, fair or foul

noun:

• Palme d'Or (highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival)

noun:

• suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

prefix:

• goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis - from 引き ➜ 引っ抱える

noun:

• (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• votive lantern in a shrine or temple

noun:

• ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• sending or transporting cash

expression:

• for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance - usu. ~に or ~で

noun:

• motorcycle, less than or equal to 50cc

noun:

• optic or photic sense

noun / ~する noun:

• newly compiled, selected or edited

noun:

• stage actor or actress

noun:

• dedication to study or research

noun:

• owner of a brothel or restaurant ➜ 妓楼・酒楼

noun:

• trustee or administrator in bankruptcy

noun:

• forest reserve or preserve

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

noun:

• deified volcano or volcanic eruption

noun:

• sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)