noun:

• reporter posted to another location (city, country, etc.); reporter on assignment

noun:

• ordination; laying on of hands

noun / ~する noun:

• hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves ➜ 気に障る

adverb / expression:

• like water; like it grows on trees - as in 'spend money like water' ➜ 湯水

noun:

• Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana - four character idiom ➜ うらぼん・お盆

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

noun:

• online sign-up; on-line sign-up - IT term

noun:

• gyrus; ridge on the cerebral cortex

noun:

• Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment

noun:

• campaign stop; stop on a speaking tour

noun / ~する noun:

• (coincidence of) mutual sentiment; sharing the same sentiment with somebody; finding oneself on the same wavelength as somebody; seeing eye to eye - four character idiom

noun:

• coordinate graphics; line graphics - IT term

noun:

• rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.

noun:

• Jataka; collection of texts on the early lives of Buddha (4th century BCE) - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit

noun:

• story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line ➜ 落語

noun:

• exhibition and sale (of paintings); display with the exhibits on sale

noun:

• totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom

noun:

• imminent danger; like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road [literal]

expression:

• thanks for uploading; expression of gratitude used primarily on video-sharing websites (esp. Niconico) - from うｐ (upload) and 乙 (お疲れ様) - slang ➜ 乙

noun:

• relationship of equality; (being) on an equal footing - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to irritate one; to get on one's nerves ➜ 気に障る

noun:

• axis of symmetry; line of symmetry - Mathematics term