noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

noun:

• rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)

suffix noun:

• influence - usu. negative or critical nuance
• crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; calmly; without worries
• (growing) quickly

noun:

• leftover food (esp. on one's plate at the end of a meal)

expression:

• at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)

noun:

• Nozomi; fastest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping only at largest stations) ➜ こだま・ひかり

noun / ~する noun:

• crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

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

noun:

• ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)

noun:

• palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier

noun:

• telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

noun:

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

noun:

• referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• reactive oxygen (i.e. free radicals, which can be destructive at high concentrations)

noun:

• facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)