noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

noun:

• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure

noun:

• precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to compile a book

noun:

• match with a break - Sumo term

noun:

• organ transplant from a brain-dead donor

noun:

• good time to take a picture; photo opportunity - From English "shutter chance"

noun:

• running away from a debt

expression / noun:

• star seen on a rainy night; "rare occurrence" [figurative]; "rare sight" [figurative] ➜ 雨夜

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

noun:

• center of a lake; centre of a lake

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• a fall below a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台替わり【だいがわり】 ➜ 台

noun:

• facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• expiration of a term of service

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

~する noun:

• swat - to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (as a bat or flyswatter)

noun:

• ban on entering a building, venue, etc. - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 出入り禁止【でいりきんし】

godan ~つ verb:

• to turn a somersault

noun:

• foobar-style name for a dummy variable - IT term

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

noun:

• "Does a dog have Buddha nature?" (classic Zen koan) - Buddhism term ➜ 公案

noun:

• a subordinate (official)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to make a splash; to draw attention