noun:

• Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo - abbreviation

noun:

• dazzling victory
• win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion - Sumo term

noun:

• rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce ➜ おじや

noun / ~する noun:

• rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation

noun:

• difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation

noun / ~する noun:

• ground (elec)
• contact patch (between car tyre and road)
• landing (an aeroplane, airplane)

noun:

• swidden; land made arable by slash-and-burn agriculture

adverb:

• rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Nozomi; fastest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping only at largest stations) ➜ こだま・ひかり

noun:

• topcoat; light overcoat for use in spring and autumn - From English "spring coat"

noun:

• all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritual peace and enlightenment; keeping an unperturbed mind through faith - four character idiom

noun:

• it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

noun / ~の noun:

• nose and mouth; muzzle (e.g. of a dog)
• nostril; nostrils; naris; nares

noun:

• understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

noun:

• study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy

noun / ~する noun:

• toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour) - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

noun:

• Chūgoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures)

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun:

• pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees

adverb:

• bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

noun:

• palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier