noun:

• worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim

noun:

• senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant

noun:

• proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant

noun:

• knurling; ridged pattern usu. on circular or cylindrical objects - From French ➜ ナーリング

noun:

• knurling; ridged pattern usu. on circular or cylindrical objects

noun:

• characteristic value; physical or chemical properties; figure of merit

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• boundlessly wide or vast
• dim and indistinct

noun:

• meat, flesh, or muscles along the spine - archaism

noun:

• short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men

noun:

• leaning out of a car or train window

~と adverb:

• sound of a button or switch being pressed - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• murder of one's own lord or father

noun:

• day of the ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter) ➜ 土用の丑の日

noun:

• low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf)

~の noun:

• downhill

noun:

• nothing increases or decreases (because all things are void) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Reduced Instruction Set Computer (or Computing); RISC - IT term

noun:

• stick with a hook, claw or other handling mechanism

noun:

• method of dealing or coping with stress

expression:

• no heat or cold lasts over the equinox - proverb

suffix:

• honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.)
• back pocket

noun:

• idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)

noun:

• circular stone or jasper ornament from the Kofun era

noun:

• horses 4 or more years old (usu. in racing)

noun:

• (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song ➜ 序破急