noun:

• beautiful scenery of spring - four character idiom
• red-light district

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• outer edge of the foot (from little toe to heel) (karate) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc.; broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc. - Food term

expression / noun:

• lead of a pencil

noun:

• first bath of the New Year

noun:

• roster of the dead

noun:

• end-of-file mark - IT term

noun:

• tightening of regulations

noun:

• gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

noun:

• art of shogi (go)

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• Tendai sect of Buddhism

noun:

• eleventh day of the month
• eleven days

noun:

• end of line

noun:

• letter of acceptance; letter of consent

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

expression:

• abandonment of cultivation

noun:

• (enter into, be in) a state of war

expression / noun:

• the teachings of Confucius and Mencius

noun:

• Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; (British) Ministry of Defence

noun / ~する noun:

• type of land rent paid by farmers

noun:

• the letters of Paul

noun:

• a period of two days