expression / noun:

• motion of a baby gently hitting his own face with both of his hands

noun:

• consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿闍梨

noun:

• coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

noun:

• General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ

noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

prefix noun:

• some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

noun:

• sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 一本箸

noun:

• time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

expression / adjective:

• unperceived; unnoticed; unnoted; out-of-the-way; out of sight; inconspicuous; private ➜ 人目につく【ひとめにつく】

noun:

• mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.); food fraud

noun:

• head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year

noun:

• abacus; flat slab forming the top part of the capital of a column - Architecture term - From Greek

noun:

• line (i.e. of text); row; verse
• carya (austerities) - Buddhism term
• samskara (formations) - Buddhism term
• running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji) - abbreviation ➜ 行書

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• moment; instant - From Sanskrit "kṣaṇa"

noun:

• kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time - orig. meaning - Buddhism term

noun:

• food; provisions
• nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement ［かて］

noun:

• tao-tie engraving; figure of a creature of Chinese mythology engraved on bronze ware during the Yin-Chou dynasty

noun / ~の noun:

• catarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae) ➜ 広鼻猿類

noun / ~する noun:

• dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master) - Buddhism term
• certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)

noun:

• Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto ➜ 大学寮・七大私学

noun:

• Cichlidae; family of fishes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure

noun:

• Cichlidae; family of fishes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure

expression:

• state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake [literal]

noun:

• outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust; film (on the surface of a liquid); scum ➜ 上皮

noun:

• Jaws of Life (apparatus used to pry apart the wreckage of crashed vehicles) - trademark

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居