noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom

noun:

• equation; formula
• method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result

noun:

• pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.) - From Dutch
• (mariner's) compass
• legs; step; gait

noun:

• skin
• condom - colloquialism
• skin (e.g. alternative look and feel for interface of a program) - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

noun / ~する noun:

• being lost for words; becoming speechless
• jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) ➜ 五言絶句・七言絶句

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

prefix:

• honorific prefix referring to the listener - archaism - honorific language

suffix / counter:

• counter for buddhas

noun:

• wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

noun:

• type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on ➜ 腰掛け