noun:

• the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom

expression:

• can't survive (without ...)

expression:

• what did you do?
• is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi - read as "ka" ➜ 箇【か】
• counter for articles - read as "ko" ➜ 個【こ】

particle:

• indicates possessive (esp. in place names) - read as "ga" ➜ が

noun / ~する noun:

• entering the starting gate - From English "gate in"

noun:

• inner teahouse garden (within the central gate) ➜ 中門・外露地

noun:

• outer teahouse garden (outside the central gate) ➜ 中門・内露地

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun / ~する noun:

• entering the priesthood; cenobite (coenobite); priest; monk; nun - Buddhism term ➜ 在家

expression / adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• in the same manner as before; the same as always

godan ~く verb:

• to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to read carefully (esp. a difficult text) ➜ 読解
• to decipher; to decode ➜ 解読

noun:

• gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

noun:

• body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward) - Sumo term

noun:

• "ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them

expression:

• only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom

adverb:

• along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

noun:

• hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period); hakama without gores - archaism

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• some (of them); among (them)

noun:

• pan which can be used without water

noun:

• pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub
• pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)

noun:

• (before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha
• offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering - oft. as 御~

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel