adverb:

• after a long time; for the first time in a while

expression:

• non-existence of a business corporation

noun / ~する noun:

• continued showing of a movie

noun:

• fat underbelly of a fish
• sand polishing
• sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
• chicken gizzard - colloquialism - Food term ➜ 砂嚢

noun:

• impression of a seal

noun:

• giving to a monk; offerings made to monks - archaism

noun:

• stretching out a string; stretching out like a string
• silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner ➜ 糸取り
• pulling someone's strings
• appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
• menstruation - euphemism

noun:

• light vehicle lacking a motor (e.g. cart, bicycle)

expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

expression:

• from a distance

expression:

• a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness - four character idiom

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais - Buddhism term ➜ 須弥壇

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make a distinction; to differ; to be different

noun:

• Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations) ➜ 音読み

noun:

• body of a garment; bodice

noun:

• private interview with a Zen Master ➜ 問答

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let out a cry; to shout

noun:

• the Big Dipper seen on a winter night ➜ 北斗

noun:

• person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving (license) - From English "paper driver"

noun:

• a spinner; spinning mill employee

godan ~す verb:

• to shoot a person to death