noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

noun:

• traditional Japanese calendar with pictures; traditional Japanese calendar expressed with pictures for use by illiterates ➜ 盲暦

noun:

• establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way - obscure term

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun:

• the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties - four character idiom

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon - 出遭う usu. has a negative connotation
• to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) ［出会う・出合う］ - esp. 出合う
• to emerge and engage (an enemy) ［出会う・出合う］ - often used imperatively as 出会え

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

godan ~く verb:

• to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water - archaism
• to force something under the surface of the water

noun:

• alley; alleyway; lane ［路地・露路］
• bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops) ［露地］
• teahouse garden ［路地・露地］
• path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)

noun:

• smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal
• large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to entangle; to entwine
• to pick a quarrel; to find fault
• to be involved with; to be influenced by; to develop a connection with

expression:

• all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end - proverb

noun:

• All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to
• to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.)
• to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey - archaism

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

noun:

• six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

expression:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom

expression:

• once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake) [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; browsing
• reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

noun:

• tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord
• scrubbing wood to give it texture

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか