noun:

• seed of Buddhahood - Buddhism term
• something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood
• teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened

noun:

• bow (and arrow)
• unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet)
• unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)

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:

• young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff

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:

• the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪道【さんあくどう】
• three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases) ［さんあく］

noun:

• screw
• key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

noun:

• person who resorts to petty tricks; a person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to cast a shadow; to appear
• to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

noun:

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

expression:

• would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

noun:

• square style of handwriting; printed style of handwriting; block style; standard style ➜ 楷書体

noun:

• seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea ➜ 山の幸

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think too much of; to make too much of

noun:

• top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis

noun / ~する noun:

• realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition - four character idiom

noun:

• salted entrails of a sea cucumber; salted entrails of a trepang ➜ 海鼠【こ】

noun:

• seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea ➜ 山幸

expression:

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

noun:

• first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn) - archaism

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece ➜ 七賢

noun:

• head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent

noun / ~の noun:

• number one in all of America; best in all of America

noun:

• private allocation (of new shares); third-party allocation (of new shares) - Finance term

noun:

• natural disaster reduction; reduction of the effects of a natural disaster