noun:

• name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

noun / ~の noun:

• pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the laws of nature; to overstep the bounds of moderation

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - sometimes read たまをのぼし or たまほめぼし - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・魂讃め星・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂讃め星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

noun:

• full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant - four character idiom

noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean

noun / ~の noun:

• according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates - four character idiom

noun:

• Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

noun:

• name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition - obsolete term - derogatory term

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 三種の神器

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) - abbreviation ➜ 紫微垣

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

noun:

• mounted bandit (esp. historically in NE China from the end of the Qing dynasty)