noun:

• all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment - Buddhism term
• (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer

noun:

• rainfall of a strange, dark color (colour); whirlwinds accompanied by rain which also drops strange objects such as fish

adjectival noun / noun:

• an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

noun:

• catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher
• slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi ➜ 刺身

noun:

• meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides)
• great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias) ［頬白］ - obscure term ➜ 頬白鮫

noun:

• chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle
• Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)

noun:

• sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste
• Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun ➜ 中華まん

noun:

• pornographic pose (spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter 'M')

noun:

• redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.) - honorific language ➜ 稲荷
• Inari shrine - honorific language ➜ 稲荷
• inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu) - polite language ➜ 稲荷鮨
• scrotum; testicle sack - humorous term - slang

noun:

• thermo inner; inner lining (e.g. of ski boots) that is thermally molded to fit

noun:

• umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)

noun:

• "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 戊

noun:

• decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi - obscure term ➜ 忘れ緒

noun:

• field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations) - archaism

noun:

• nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• lowering; sinking; bringing down; letting down Antonym: 上げ
• depreciation; price fall
• punch line (of a rakugo story) ➜ 落語
• sword strap - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 下げ緒

noun:

• narezushi; fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi

noun:

• grain (1-7000 of a pound, approx. 64.80 mg)
• grain (wheat, etc.) ➜ グレーンウイスキー

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンペ

noun:

• form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

noun:

• var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw
• pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant

noun:

• type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)

noun:

• blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus, species of requiem shark mostly found in the Indo-Pacific)

noun / ~の noun:

• black tip - original meaning - archaism