noun:

• homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings - Buddhism term

noun:

• person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days [literal] - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

~の noun / expression:

• perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory

adjective:

• admirable; charming; refined
• nostalgic
• curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• mistaken identity; person so changed that it's hard to recognize him (recognise)

noun:

• se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, ~99.174 m.sq.) - obsolete term ➜ 畝【ほ】

noun:

• night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 汲み取り便所・壷【つぼ】・便槽

noun:

• another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one

noun / ~する noun:

• unveiling a Buddhist image
• gambling
• revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

noun:

• scion; cion; (horticultural) graft
• opportunity to continue a conversation

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects)
• stock (in grafting)

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• male lay devotee - Buddhism term
• title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name
• believer ［しんし］ - archaism

noun:

• taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)

pre-noun adjectival:

• lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)

expression / adjective:

• hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

noun:

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

noun:

• willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

noun:

• ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred) ➜ 浮遊霊

noun:

• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term ➜ 付出し

noun:

• melody or flushing sound played by a Japanese toilet to mask excretion sounds

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom