noun:

• Shughni (language spoken in Pamir mountains in Afghanistan and Tajikistan)

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion - archaism ➜ 御殿女中・奥女中

noun:

• work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Rikuentai; anti-shogunate army formed in Kyoto in 1867 by Nakaoka Shintaro

expression / ~する noun:

• leaping over multiple steps in stairs (e.g. when in a hurry) - as ２段飛ばし, ３段飛ばし, etc.

noun:

• mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden ➜ 巾着【きんちゃく】

expression:

• the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb

noun:

• chakra; centers of spiritual power in the human body, in Indian thought - From Sanskrit

expression / noun:

• people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

noun:

• Tang-era Chinese music
• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance ➜ 雅楽・林邑楽

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged
• to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go out to meet
• to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
• to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
• to call for; to summon; to invite
• to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail
• White's thrush (Zoothera dauma) ➜ 虎鶫
• man of mystery; enigma

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

noun / ~する noun:

• engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• angrily; in a huff; in anger - onomatopoeia
• high on marijuana - onomatopoeia
• tender (to chew) ［プリプリ・ぷりぷり］ - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• backlighting; having a light source in front of the camera lens in photography - abbreviation ➜ 逆光線

noun:

• elementary school (in an educational system operated in Japan between 1941 and 1947)

noun:

• pages (in a book) out of order due to an error in binding

noun / adjectival noun:

• with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb - four character idiom

noun:

• professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts

noun:

• Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)

noun:

• Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

noun:

• Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries) ➜ 日本人町

noun / ~の noun:

• desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world