noun:

• first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being ➜ 本門

noun:

• police investigation carried out in the immediate vicinity of a crime site ➜ 地取り・聞き込み捜査

noun:

• single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts - e.g. 将 is read as「まさに...んとす」

noun:

• it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• living in idleness

noun:

• paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation)

adverb:

• gradual reduction; little by little

noun:

• check-in counter

noun:

• place in a TV program; television spot

noun / ~する noun:

• living in retirement

noun:

• two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman) - archaism

noun:

• third in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; third note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• deficit in long-term capital

noun:

• rubbing in a vinegar, etc. dressing - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

noun:

• lady-in-waiting

expression:

• to be in a state of confusion

noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

noun:

• groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade

noun:

• creating patterns in human flesh through scarification

noun:

• visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば

noun:

• a fire raging in one's own home

noun:

• character written in the highly cursive sōsho style ➜ 草書【そうしょ】

noun:

• Nobel Prize in Physics

noun:

• examinations in academic subjects