expression:

• mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time; laughing mountain [literal] - poetical term

noun:

• bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be relieved of a worry; to get a load off one's chest

noun:

• place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine

noun:

• three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled

noun:

• Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period) ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市

noun:

• provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period) - archaism

noun:

• textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook

noun:

• punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

expression / ichidan verb:

• (for the taste of something) to become apparent
• (for someone's character) to come out

noun:

• lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners
• small shrine

noun:

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

noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

noun:

• prisoner; captive; prisoner of war
• Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods ➜ えみし

expression / noun:

• pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player

~よい adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

noun:

• abstract side of things (such as personnel, skill, information; as opposed to physical things) ➜ ハード面

noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• party people; clubbers; frequenters of nightclubs - slang ➜ パーティーピープル・パーリー

noun:

• party people; clubbers; frequenters of nightclubs - slang

noun:

• canoe, etc. in very clear water (illusion of flying)

pronoun:

• Flying Canoe (Canadian folk-tale)

noun:

• green dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 緑發
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• unique user (of a website); UU - IT term