noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

noun:

• demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time - obscure term ➜ 強請り

noun:

• round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

noun:

• evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)

noun:

• window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) ➜ 虫籠格子

noun:

• Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)

noun:

• charm; talisman; amulet
• tally
• sign; mark; note

counter:

• fu; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption - abbreviation ➜ 百舌の早贄
• first offering of the season - orig. meaning

noun:

• novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc,; coming-of-age story; Bildungsroman - From German ➜ 教養小説【きょうようしょうせつ】

noun:

• comprador; compradore
• person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country

noun:

• woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)

noun:

• advance payment on behalf of a third party (with expectation that it will be reimbursed)

noun:

• circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 正報

noun:

• leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata, species found along the Pacific coast of North America) ➜ レパードシャーク

noun:

• PET bottle syndrome; insulin deficiency allegedly caused by high consumption of drinks from plastic bottles

expression:

• thanks for uploading; expression of gratitude used primarily on video-sharing websites (esp. Niconico) - from うｐ (upload) and 乙 (お疲れ様) - slang ➜ 乙

noun:

• bulletin board displaying the name, age, offence, etc. of a criminal sentenced to death (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• practice of grouping students by popularity according to their appearance, interests, personality, etc. - From English "school caste"

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰

noun / prefix noun:

• half; semi-

noun / suffix noun:

• half-past

noun:

• odd number ➜ 丁【ちょう】
• unit of land area (595.8 m^2) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
• growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
• dislike (of); difficult to deal with

noun:

• haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

noun:

• equation; formula
• method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result