adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild

adjectival noun:

• licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• wild; neglected; rough (e.g. skin)

adjective:

• unpleasant; uncomfortable
• frightening
• cruel; rude; violent; wild

noun:

• wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

noun:

• wild rice

noun:

• wild water

noun:

• Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)

noun:

• imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era
• patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term

noun:

• hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world - four character idiom

numeric:

• 108; one hundred and eight

noun:

• the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩
• the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year ➜ 七十二候・節気

noun:

• clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
• teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

noun:

• eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii) ➜ 強飯・姫飯
• first intercourse of the New Year
• loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead - slang

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

noun:

• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk) ➜ 茶筅

noun:

• summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month) - Buddhism term

expression:

• the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains

noun / ~する noun:

• varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun:

• Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
• Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido ➜ 和人地

noun:

• truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 道諦・滅諦

noun:

• the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing ➜ 五大【ごだい】
• five practices of the Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term
• the five pillars of Islam ➜ 六信五行