noun:

• black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)

noun:

• index listing kanji by their Chinese and Japanese pronunciations

noun:

• (historical) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

noun:

• short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge

noun:

• boiled rice mixed with vegetables and meat or fish - Kansai dialect - Food term ➜ 加薬御飯

noun:

• estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage

noun:

• (the crime of) aiding and abetting a suicide

noun:

• official whose appointment and dismissal requires Imperial acknowledgement (acknowledgment)

noun:

• the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being

noun:

• squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink

noun:

• god of shepherds, herdsmen, flocks and herds; Pan; Faunus

noun:

• vestments worn by priests and attendants (Shinto, Christian, etc.)

noun:

• Chinese dish with fried egg and crab

noun:

• holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food

noun:

• tall headed god of happiness, wealth, and long life

noun:

• policy of keeping the people ignorant and easily subjugated

adjectival noun / noun:

• small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics) - four character idiom Antonym: 重厚長大

noun:

• dyeing; printing
• blue and white ceramics (china, porcelain)

noun:

• carved table leg with "ball and claw" foot

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)

expression:

• witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator

noun:

• (mixture of) ground beef and pork

noun:

• past, present and future; three temporal states of existence

noun:

• tie vote; equal number of votes for and against - obscure term

noun:

• young women completely outfitted in Chanel clothing and accessories - From English "Chaneler"