noun:

• understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

noun:

• study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy

noun:

• another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one

noun:

• black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat

noun:

• goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil
• fool - archaism
• curved gutter ➜ 呼び樋

noun / suffix:

• temple (Buddhist) ［刹］

noun:

• central pillar of a pagoda ➜ 心柱【しんばしら】
• kshetra (realm, country); ksetra ［刹］ - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• committing suicide by throwing oneself in front of an onrushing train

noun:

• Chūgoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures)

noun:

• disposing of a case by placing an offender on probation or under supervision

noun:

• autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

noun:

• quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement

noun:

• rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• nobleman's illegitimate child
• product (of e.g. war); (figurative) offspring; aftermath

noun:

• bride's silk floss headdress
• clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

noun:

• feel; touch
• impression (of a person)
• most impressive passage; highlight; punch line - orig. meaning
• beginning - colloquialism

noun:

• hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common ancestry

noun:

• double circle; 'good work' (equiv. of silver star awarded to children at school)

noun:

• understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

noun:

• economy class syndrome (occurrence of deep vein thrombosis in air travelers) ➜ 深部静脈血栓症【しんぶじょうみゃくけっせんしょう】

noun:

• type of fraud involving phone calls pretending distress

noun:

• prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

noun:

• elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

expression:

• worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died - vulgar ➜ くたばる