noun:

• guide melody (karaoke melody to help the singer hold the tune)

noun:

• preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes - four character idiom

noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun:

• happy trail (line of hair from the navel to the genitals); pubic hair

expression / adjective:

• being unable to leave the work at hand; being right in the middle of something - idiom

~の noun:

• (of luggage, etc.) able to be taken into the cabin of the aircraft; carry-on

noun:

• elegant speech (esp. the use of the prefixes "o-" and "go- "); refined language; polite language ➜ 尊敬語・丁寧語

noun:

• layer of clothing worn by nobles (worn beneath the robe but over the undergarments) - archaism

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji) - obsolete term

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) ➜ 内道場

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉

expression:

• the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one - proverb

expression:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections - abbreviation

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• pillow money; tip left by the pillow for the room maid ➜ 枕銭

expression / noun:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections ➜ 責了

noun:

• type of fast military boat used from the Warring states period until the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials - archaism

noun:

• tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium

noun:

• the NPO Law (1998); Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities ➜ 特定非営利活動促進法

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth

noun:

• confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation - archaism