noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• Buddhist term
• teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

adjectival noun / noun:

• rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed

noun:

• occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

noun:

• winning by opponent's resignation (in the game of go)

noun:

• dancing girl (end of the Heian period) - archaism
• prostitute
• tempo in gagaku ➜ 雅楽【ががく】

noun:

• slapping hands in front of the opponent's face to confuse him - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami

noun:

• rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• towering; lofty - archaism
• standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation

noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 姑洗・十二律

noun:

• right action - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 八正道
• correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha) ➜ 正定業

noun:

• inflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")

noun:

• Shenxian thought (ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards)

noun:

• man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence

noun:

• Thymallus; genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae