noun:

• person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko - archaism - obscure term - Shintō term

noun:

• trend; course of action; direction
• directionality; directivity; orientation - IT term

~の noun:

• directional; vectorial - IT term

noun:

• goal; aim - Business term

noun:

• patch of plants or shrubs (e.g. on a steep rocky surface)

noun / adjectival noun:

• vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness
• (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30)

expression:

• full up - colloquialism
• to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

noun:

• round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) - Buddhism term ➜ 布団

expression / adjective:

• very messy (of a floor); no space even for one's feet [literal] - idiom

expression:

• mind your own business!; keep out of it! - humorous term - archaism

expression:

• moderation is its own medicine; take care of your stomach; don't overeat - proverb

noun:

• ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)

prefix:

• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 - archaism ➜ 従【ひろい】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大いなる・大いに

noun:

• whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture) ➜ 海老責め・石抱き・鞭打ち

noun:

• gold-leaf-coated twisted paper
• Agrimonia pilosa var. japonica (variety of hairy agrimony) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Akhal-Teke, a breed of horses originating in Turkmenistan

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on pre-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 後世方

noun:

• tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)

noun:

• striker (triangular piece of steel used with flint to create sparks)

adverb / ~たる adjective:

• looking cool and collect; with an air of perfect composure

noun:

• brown surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus, species of Indo-Pacific tang)

noun:

• Eviota abax (species of pygmy goby ranging from Southern Japan to Hainan Is.)

noun:

• yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus, Indo-Pacific species of tang)

noun:

• Chimaeridae; family of shortnose chimaeras, cartilaginous fish with short round snouts

noun:

• Proscylliidae; family of finback catsharks containing seven species in four genera

noun:

• Pseudotriakidae; family with only one species of false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon

noun:

• intricately inscribed ancient bronze or iron mirror featuring a pair of firebirds - obscure term ➜ 鳳凰