noun / ~する noun:

• arriving in Japan; visiting Japan

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

expression:

• in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

noun:

• ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music

expression:

• the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb

noun:

• sword, dagger, etc. used in crime - yakuza slang - slang

noun:

• six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川

noun:

• gradual rise in prices

noun / ~の noun:

• (for the) first time in one's life

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc)
• to apply concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to put one's trust in

noun:

• metal ornament in shape of a woman's breast

noun:

• ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

noun:

• garbage in, garbage out - IT term

noun:

• taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die

noun:

• in Kyoto or the capital

noun:

• west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore [literal]

expression / ichidan verb:

• to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life

noun:

• buying in installments; buying in instalments

noun:

• toilet in a Zen temple ➜ 東司

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

noun:

• broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

noun:

• built-in device - IT term