noun:

• showing (i.e. being visibly pregnant); someone who is visibly pregnant

expression:

• there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn - proverb

noun:

• Islamic state (state where shari'a law is enforced); Islamic country

expression:

• don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb
• read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb

noun:

• thermo inner; inner lining (e.g. of ski boots) that is thermally molded to fit

expression / noun:

• (person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience - idiom - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be determined to do or die; to never give up until one is dead

noun:

• address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

noun / ~する noun:

• varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages) - abbreviation ➜ 印地打ち

noun:

• what you see is what you get; WYSIWYG - IT term

expression:

• a foster parent is dearer than a real parent - proverb

noun:

• soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
• term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
• guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shut one's eyes
• to ignore; to pretend not to know
• to die

noun:

• performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) ➜ 浄瑠璃

noun:

• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) - Buddhism term
• becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• at first glance poor, but on closer examination not too bad; crude but charming (of artwork, etc.); poorly made but captivating

auxiliary verb:

• to not be; to be absent - from classical 無かり - archaism ➜ 無い

expression / adverb:

• (not) in any way; in no way ➜ 如何にも【どうにも】

adjectival noun:

• serious; earnest

noun:

• real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon)

noun / ~する noun:

• slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation
• consideration; thoughtfulness