~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• echoing beautifully (of the sound produced by striking together jewels or metals); "beautiful (of a melody, etc.)" [figurative] - archaism

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

expression / noun / adjectival noun:

• real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own) - the いい is ironic

noun:

• Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)

noun:

• samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.) - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories - From English "gal"
• gal

noun:

• firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. ➜ 矢面に立つ
• direction of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck - four character idiom

noun:

• revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought) - four character idiom

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck ➜ 霊感商法

godan ~む verb:

• to drop into, drop-by-drop

temporal noun:

• every year; year by year

noun:

• refugee; displaced person
• person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.) - in compound nouns; ～難民 - colloquialism - idiom ➜ 買い物難民【かいものなんみん】

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China); Tomba script; Tompa script

noun:

• debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

noun:

• foundation; base; basis

adverb:

• from the beginning; from the outset; by nature - often in negative contexts ➜ 元々

expression / godan ~る verb:

• by means of; due to; because of; according to

noun / ~する noun:

• detonation by contact; contact detonation
• touching off something; triggering; provocation; inspiration

noun:

• looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider

noun:

• married woman's secret lover; paramour

noun / ~する noun:

• adultery (by a married woman)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case