noun:

• competitive spirit; spirit of rivalry

noun:

• soul; spirit; divine spirit - archaism

noun:

• aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit ➜ 鼻っ柱

noun / ~する noun:

• making a feature part of the specifications - From English "spec-in"

noun:

• increasing one's fighting spirit - four character idiom

noun:

• mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range - obscure term ➜ 山塊

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

adverb / pronoun:

• this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

adverb:

• around; about; round about; roughly; nearly; almost ［かれこれ］

adverb:

• just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that - after past tense of verb

expression:

• burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom [literal] - idiom

pronoun:

• that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it ➜ 何れ・此れ・彼【あれ】
• that time; then
• there (indicating a place near the listener) - archaism
• you - archaism

noun:

• ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• mercantile spirit; mercenary spirit - four character idiom

noun:

• unyielding spirit; indomitable spirit

noun:

• racial spirit; national spirit

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• shop in shop; shop-in-shop; in-store shop

noun:

• the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano - obscure term ➜ 霊山

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be
• nock (of a bow)
• nock (of an arrow)
• nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) - Sumo term ➜ はず押し【はずおし】
• wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

noun:

• person in the online community who seeks to identify others from the information they post online, or who tries to identify places and objects that appear in comics or games - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• one's innate character; spirit; backbone

expression / noun:

• one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit