expression / noun:

• doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom

noun:

• driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving ➜ 右側通行

noun:

• Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image
• the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead

expression / ichidan verb:

• to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget - idiom
• to have a secret revealed - idiom

noun:

• period of revolution (e.g. of the sun, of the moon); orbital period

noun:

• the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

noun:

• eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil - four character idiom

expression:

• it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it - proverb

noun:

• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)

noun:

• meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body
• thread of connection; chain of reasoning

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

noun:

• stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
• radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily) ➜ 基【き】
• root - Mathematics term
• indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• spanking

noun:

• traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, was hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility

noun:

• weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
• mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth
• gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes ［かいがん］

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest

noun:

• message appended to a note accompanying a gift, requesting the recipient to keep the gift at hand

noun:

• dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水喧嘩

noun:

• (time of) extreme cold
• "major cold" solar term (approx. Jan 20, roughly the coldest time of the year) ➜ 二十四節気

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do something useless; to paint the lily; to gild refined gold; to build a roof atop the roof [literal] ➜ 屋上架屋

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

noun:

• using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)

noun:

• two parts; both parts - Buddhism term
• both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm)
• Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation - abbreviation ➜ 両部神道

noun:

• eastern Japan; Japan east of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. east of the Chūbu region ➜ 糸魚川静岡構造線・西日本