noun:

• Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs - しーしー and しし are col. ➜ 獅子

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun:

• living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

noun:

• impractical desktop theory (proposition); unworkable idea; an idea that isn't worth the paper it's written on - four character idiom

noun:

• accidentally running up a fortune by access the web on your mobile phone; death by packet [literal] - slang ➜ パケット通信

noun:

• splashing on; splashing at - slang
• dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkakesoba) ➜ 打っ掛け蕎麦
• ejaculation onto someone's face - vulgar

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant) - Buddhism term ➜ 普賢菩薩

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

noun:

• greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto) ➜ 内裏

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

noun:

• holiday ➜ 紋日
• day on which prostitutes had to receive clients (or pay their own fee to avoid doing so) - archaism

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season) - archaism

noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

noun:

• bridle made from knotted rope or leather - obsolete term
• multi-coloured rope ceremonial garland, placed on cattle, large rocks, etc.

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

noun:

• homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings - Buddhism term

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

noun:

• Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】

noun:

• cloudiness; cloudy weather
• fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur; mist; shadow; dimness
• gloom; dejection