noun:

• being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person
• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko ➜ 憑坐【よりまし】

noun:

• legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine) ➜ 側室・本妻
• room for receiving guests ➜ 表座敷【おもてざしき】
• heir; successor - obscure term

noun:

• avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha) - Buddhism term
• Avatamska sutra - abbreviation ➜ 華厳経
• Kegon (sect of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 華厳宗

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

noun:

• sambhogakaya (reward body, form taken by a buddha after completing its role as a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

noun:

• female cook; kitchenmaid
• woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

expression:

• in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

expression:

• just as it is reassuring to have a companion when traveling, it is important for us to care for each other as we pass through this life

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal to; to be as good as; to be a match for; to rival

adjectival noun / noun:

• as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

noun:

• bread roll filled with anko
• paint thinner placed inside a bag used as a drug

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun / ~する noun:

• spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run

adverb / ~の noun:

• just as one likes; as one pleases; as one prefers

expression / ~の noun:

• as a child; when one was a child; childhood

noun / ~する noun:

• acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action Antonym: 別行動【べつこうどう】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit