noun / ~の noun:

• third rank (in the Japanese court system)

noun:

• trinity (Christianity); the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

noun:

• soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

noun:

• Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)

noun:

• overhand throw - Baseball term
• a throw using the outside of the arm - Sumo term

noun:

• chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 題目

noun / ~する noun:

• looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

noun / ~する noun:

• living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses

noun / adjectival noun:

• unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B - four character idiom

noun:

• selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)

noun:

• Dodompa (a rumba-like Japanese musical genre popular in the 1960s)

noun:

• card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations - archaism ➜ 科挙

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

noun:

• provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer)
• to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...) - usu. as 〜の口が掛かる

expression:

• without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler) - four character idiom

noun:

• standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material

noun:

• attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam

noun:

• sprouts from a stump; buds from the base of a tree - from 孫（ひこ）生え ➜ 余蘖

noun:

• through a wall; on the other side of a wall - usu. as 壁越しに

noun:

• head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant) - abbreviation
• entertaining someone as one's guest - also written as 饗 - archaism ➜ 饗設け

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain ➜ 山下【さんか】
• mine; colliery - esp. 山元
• owner of a mountain; operator of a mine - esp. 山元

noun:

• large stone; boulder
• large group of stones (in the game of go)