noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

noun:

• chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• loading goods on a truck - From English "vanning"
• remodelling a station wagon, light van, etc.

noun:

• fact; (a) truth
• realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun:

• root (of a plant)
• root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
• root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
• one's true nature
• (fishing) reef

noun:

• seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
• material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
• ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
• cause; source
• trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
• paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
• breed (of a stock); sperm; semen

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

noun:

• north and south; north to south
• South Korea and North Korea - abbreviation

noun:

• accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent
• intonation; inflection; cadence
• (language) accent (e.g. American, British)
• accent (e.g. in a design); highlight; emphasis
• accent (on a note) - Music term