noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• male coming of age ceremony
• for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period)

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request ➜ 臨時国会

noun / ~の noun:

• rule; regulation
• settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
• habit; custom; habitual way ➜ 御決まり
• countenance in front of another person; face - usu. as 決まりが悪い, etc. ➜ 決まりが悪い
• love relationship between a customer and a prostitute - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in ➜ 信じる

expression:

• expression used when the speaker is trying to recall some information

noun:

• gut (used to make tennis rackets, violin strings, etc.); catgut

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• pop
• signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

noun:

• sea routes used for transporting oil - From English "oil road"

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)

expression:

• of all things; expression used to criticize a poor decision

noun:

• (long-handled) bamboo winnow used to sift earth or sand

noun:

• Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

noun:

• nock of an arrow
• forked tool used for hanging scrolls

noun / ~の noun:

• ember; brand; stub (of used candle, match etc.)

noun:

• belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy

noun:

• light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.

noun:

• word-order marks used to assist reading of Chinese classics

noun:

• Japan's naval ensign; Japanese flag used on military ships

noun:

• Edo term used to debase people from Kansai - archaism

noun:

• mixture of frangrant woods, etc. used for making incense