noun:

• writing style in the manner of an imperial edict

noun:

• the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity) - archaism

noun:

• Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun / ~の noun:

• under-the-table

noun:

• fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (disease of the connective tissue); FOP

noun:

• iron arrow-head (from the Yayoi and Kofun periods)

noun:

• parajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life) - Buddhism term

noun:

• circular stone or jasper ornament from the Kofun era

expression / adverb:

• anywhere; here and there

expression / ~の noun:

• common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary

noun:

• Sunday (esp. as the sabbath in early Japanese Christianity) - archaism - From Portuguese "domingo"

noun:

• charging the goalkeeper (soccer foul) - Sports term - From English "keeper charge"

noun:

• stepper (device used in the manufacture of integrated circuits)

noun / ~する noun:

• spending the night in a car, train, bus, etc.

noun:

• story; tale
• unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting ➜ 平曲

noun:

• style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period - abbreviation ➜ 幸若舞

noun:

• hairstyle with the bangs cut completely straight

noun:

• one's chance; the right time; target; objective

noun:

• remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks ➜ ど

noun:

• the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas

noun:

• rice crackers for feeding the deer (in Nara)

noun:

• Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army) - obsolete term ➜ 輸送科

noun:

• vagabond butterflyfish (Chaetodon vagabundus, species of the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures - obscure term - Buddhism term