noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "pu"; "pa" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death ➜ 御盆
• the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis, a subspecies of the Asiatic toad endemic to the Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji) - obsolete term

noun:

• break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

noun:

• separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)

noun:

• ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life) - Buddhism term

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 甲矢

noun:

• rice gruel with mochi - Food term
• azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month - Food term

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

noun / ~する noun:

• sympathy vomiting; vomiting due to the sight or the smell of another person's vomit

noun:

• countries that currently use Chinese characters in their writing, or have used in their recent past - abbreviation ➜ 漢字文化圏【かんじぶんかけん】

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

noun:

• popular name; common name; given name

noun:

• common law - Law term
• customary law (in international law) - Law term

noun:

• the sun; sunlight; heat of the sun

noun:

• one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life - four character idiom

noun:

• common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree

noun:

• five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes
• five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); "the five periods of the Buddha's teachings" [figurative] - Buddhism term ➜ 五時教

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify ➜ 飽かす
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かせて

noun:

• being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation; collaboration; association - esp. 共同