noun:

• revision seal; correction seal (special seal used to indicate a correction in an official document)

expression:

• struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a mountain area (for climbing)
• entering a monastery; coming to live in a temple

noun:

• supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to the Earth

noun:

• real cake (as opposed to fake ) ➜ セレモニーケーキ
• fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients

noun:

• the coming of Amida Buddha to welcome the spirits of the dead

noun:

• lolicon; male pedophile; male sexually attracted to prepubescent girls - abbreviation
• lolicon; male pedophilia - abbreviation ➜ ロリータコンプレックス

expression:

• briefly; in short; in a nutshell; in summary; to put it briefly

adjectival noun:

• methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual

noun:

• wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

noun:

• proof; evidence; sign; testimony; vindication

suffix noun:

• certificate; license; membership card ［しょう］

~する noun:

• to testify (usu. Christian religious context) ［あかし］

noun:

• enlightenment ［しょう］ - Buddhism term
• symptoms (in Chinese medicine); patient's condition ［しょう］

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression / adverb:

• (just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

noun:

• floor space index; FSI; floor area ratio; FAR; ratio of building size to lot; plot ratio

expression:

• not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do

noun:

• juvenile likely to commit a crime; juvenile with a criminal bent; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender

noun:

• citron tea ➜ 柚子
• jelly-like concentrate of sweetened citron peel used to make citron tea ➜ 柚子

noun:

• inferior goods; low-quality article
• trifling gift ［粗品］ - humble language
• gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive ［粗品］

noun / ~する noun:

• monk's "begging"; religious mendicancy; asking for alms
• going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• tactic of avoiding hitting the ball (e.g. to tire out the pitcher) - Baseball term - From English "waiting"
• waiting; holding back; refraining

noun:

• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card - abbreviation ➜ カンニングペーパー
• crib sheet; cheat sheet - abbreviation ➜ カンニングペーパー

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)