noun:

• (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick

noun:

• Rashidun period (the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, 632-661 CE)

noun:

• any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

noun:

• the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

noun:

• Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law ➜ ＮＰＯ法

noun:

• memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be equal to the task; to be up to the job; to be capable of filling the post

expression / adverb:

• before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
• of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them; among others

noun:

• warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
• man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer ［さぶらい］ - archaism

noun:

• tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
• forward puller (of a rickshaw)

noun / ~の noun:

• telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind - four character idiom

noun:

• non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism - four character idiom - Buddhism term

prefix:

• surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
• per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

particle:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
• or something - after an approximate quote or vague suggestion
• the likes of - lessening the significance or value of the previous word

noun:

• the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)

noun:

• the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)

noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun:

• the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)

noun:

• the "ma" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)

noun:

• the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

noun / ~する noun:

• vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon)
• vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding

noun:

• purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead