noun:

• loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• drumming at the end of the day of wrestling inviting spectators to return tomorrow - Sumo term

noun:

• separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period) - four character idiom ➜ 神仏習合

noun:

• (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick

noun:

• toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog) - colloquialism

noun:

• Rashidun period (the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, 632-661 CE)

noun:

• any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)

noun / ~の noun:

• director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system); chief - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

expression:

• the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down - idiom

noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

noun:

• Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")

noun:

• the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law ➜ ＮＰＯ法

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• small statue of Shoki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses) ➜ 鍾馗

noun:

• memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸

noun:

• marriage in which the bride is taken into the groom's family; virilocal marriage

noun:

• the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)

noun:

• paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom