noun:

• Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links - Buddhism term

noun:

• having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source ➜ 通

noun:

• space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)
• surface of paper
• letter; writings; document

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• white heat; incandescence
• becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax

noun:

• variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

noun:

• apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock ➜ 火蓋を切る

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate - four character idiom

expression:

• doing one's own flower arranging
• marrying or making a mistress of a geisha

noun:

• services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• skipping grades; the act of entering a new school as a non-first-year student

noun:

• underboob; bottom of a woman's breasts (visible when wearing a short top) - slang ➜ オッパイ

noun:

• place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance - esp. 吉野山 in Nara

noun / ~の noun:

• substance; real form
• main part; main unit; body (of a machine)

noun:

• this machine; this appliance

noun / ~の noun:

• object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
• noumenon

noun:

• base price; pre-tax price - abbreviation ➜ 本体価格【ほんたいかかく】

noun:

• system requirements (i.e. recommended hardware and software to run a package) - IT term

expression:

• sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools - proverb

expression / noun:

• withered trees and frozen rocks; "a person that is hard to approach" [figurative]

noun:

• men's hairstyle with small sideburns and a wide forehead (Edo period)

noun:

• literary fragment
• interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context ➜ 断章取義

noun:

• song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune
• resentful complaint

noun:

• collecting rocks and mineral specimens (as a hobby) - From English "stone hunting"

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子