noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 御殿女中

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran, the largest species of hammerhead shark)

suffix:

• first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion) - from 貪欲, 瞋恚 and 愚痴 - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩・三毒

noun:

• small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage
• small garden gate ➜ 小門

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• redbelly tilapia (Tilapia zillii, fish of the family Cichlidae found in Africa and Eurasia)

noun:

• box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process
• asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) ➜ 露草

noun:

• healing crisis; cleansing reaction; reaction during the elimination of toxins after antibiotic, etc. treatment

adverb:

• from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism)
• Brahma; Hindu creator god
• Sanskrit - abbreviation ➜ 梵語

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 清一色

noun / ~する noun:

• recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

expression:

• nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】