noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

noun:

• poetic sentiment or inspiration; poetic inclination or taste; poem-composing mood; ability to appreciate poetry

expression:

• What's New (esp. on webpages, programs, or newsletters); announcements of new arrivals or events

noun:

• ingest; process of capturing, transferring or importing different types of video, audio, or image media

noun / ~する noun:

• fine brush or pencil; small or fine handwriting

expression:

• luckily or unluckily; for good or for evil

noun:

• poor who do not (or are unable to) seek help (from relatives or the authorities, etc.) - From English "silent poor"

noun:

• upper reaches (of a river); upper stream Antonym: 下【しも】
• top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
• long ago
• beginning; first
• person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 御上
• government; imperial court
• imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace ➜ 上方【かみがた】
• head (of a table)
• wife; mistress (of a restaurant) - honorific language

noun:

• first and second; A and B
• superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

noun:

• clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
• teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

noun:

• lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market)
• skilled batter; batter on a hot streak - Baseball term
• accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
• barbershop

noun:

• teppeiseki stone; platy andesite; flagstone; dark blue or purple stone, esp. used in paving or gardens

noun:

• speech; tongue; talk; eloquence ［弁・辯］

suffix noun:

• dialect; brogue; accent ［弁・辯］

noun:

• bento; Japanese box lunch ［弁・辨］ - abbreviation ➜ 弁当【べんとう】
• petal ［弁・瓣］ ➜ 花弁【はなびら】

noun / ~の noun:

• valve ［弁・瓣］

noun:

• Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices ［弁・辨］ ➜ 太政官・弁官

noun:

• kokyu (3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument)
• any Oriental string instrument played with a bow

expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom

noun:

• image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant) - Buddhism term ➜ 普賢菩薩

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• echoing beautifully (of the sound produced by striking together jewels or metals); "beautiful (of a melody, etc.)" [figurative] - archaism

noun:

• meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb - pun on 名言 - humorous term ➜ 名言

noun:

• beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta) ➜ 百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun / suffix noun:

• company; association; society - abbreviation ➜ 会社
• regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)

counter / suffix:

• counter for companies, shrines, etc.

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp - also written as 大頭
• emperor's encampment

noun:

• underground website or online message board for a school where students typically exchange information on tests, commit cyberbullying, etc.