noun:

• place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

expression / noun:

• longevity celebration (of age 42, 61, 70, 77, 80, 88, 90 or 99)

noun:

• eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke) - abbreviation ➜ 関東八州

noun:

• eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke) ➜ 関八州

adverb / ~と adverb:

• clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• continuously; incessantly; one after another; rapidly; plentifully; freely - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at kids, such as manga) - colloquialism

noun:

• buddha-body within a practitioner (esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• altruistic manifested form of Mahavairocana (New Shingon) ➜ 本地身

noun:

• roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) ➜ 町【ちょう】

interjection:

• son of a bitch

expression:

• it is easier to blame than do better; instead of resenting others, resent yourself [literal] - proverb

noun:

• eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

noun:

• newline character (either or both of CR and LF depending on system) - IT term

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

noun:

• rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)

noun:

• illumination of bridges, buildings, trees, etc. at night; (architectural) floodlighting - From English "light up"

noun:

• scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum, species of tang found from Japan to Taiwan)

noun:

• pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)

~と adverb:

• with a snap; (break) cleanly - onomatopoeia ➜ びしっと
• (reject) sternly; flatly
• smartly (e.g. of dressing up well).

noun:

• type of conical hat adorned with flowers (used in Japanese traditional performing arts); hanagasa

noun:

• black foxface (Siganus niger); species of rabbitfish endemic to Tonga

noun:

• whitebar surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucopareius, Western Central Pacific species of tang)

noun:

• Parascylliidae; family of collared carpet sharks containing eight species and two genera

noun:

• Varanidae; family of carnivorous monitor lizards whose only extant genus is Varanus

noun:

• bluelined surgeon (Acanthurus nubilus, species of Indo-West Pacific tang)