noun:

• font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• wearing a sword

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

noun:

• priest attached to a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

noun:

• side of a boat; gunwale ➜ 船縁・船端

noun:

• owner of a mountain
• proprietor of a mine

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to cause the death of a person - archaism

noun:

• steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer - Food term

noun:

• quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric

noun:

• fragmentary remains of a large set of writings; the odd volume; a few pages ➜ 端本

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

noun:

• a flexible way of thinking - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence ➜ 決め手に欠ける

noun:

• serving a master; employee

noun:

• ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)

noun:

• registration of a design

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a gift (to a superior)

noun:

• steepness of a mountain

noun:

• mat with a floral or bulrush pattern

noun:

• a bearer stock

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing a sword; drawn sword

noun:

• slicing a fish down its back
• slit in the back of a garment
• split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)

noun / ~する noun:

• (issuing) a press release