noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• monkey (esp. a gibbon)
• hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre) ➜ 人形浄瑠璃
• menstrual period - slang
• kappa ➜ 河童

noun:

• snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

noun:

• festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun:

• chairman
• leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company

noun:

• nucleus (of a project proposal, of a social movement, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• prevailing mood of a locality; emotional climate of a district

noun:

• underside of a bird's wing
• lining of a haori ➜ 羽織

adjectival noun:

• that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

expression:

• judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

noun:

• advocates of protection of the Constitution; supporter of the current Constitution

expression:

• judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of ➜ からすると

expression:

• judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of ➜ からすると

noun / ~する noun:

• agreement; consent; approval; assent

noun / ~の noun:

• same opinion; same view
• same meaning

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on a moderate amount of lean or firm weight; to gain healthy weight (e.g. from muscle); to become overweight as opposed to obese

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected); unfortunate turn of events; unexpected turn; (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts) [literal] - often as ～の食い違い (with the same meaning) - idiom ➜ 交喙

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

noun:

• the number of flat things
• win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers - Sumo term

expression / noun:

• above the clouds; heaven
• the Imperial Court
• something unreachable; place of out of reach

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海の幸

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent (esp. of the passing of the night)
• piercing (cold) ［しんしん］

noun:

• drumming at the end of the day of wrestling inviting spectators to return tomorrow - Sumo term