noun:

• cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs - four character idiom

noun:

• acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• highly renowned; on everybody's lips; enjoying a high reputation - four character idiom

noun:

• annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

expression:

• Freedom from one's desires (Entry into Nirvana) is true bliss - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul) - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home - obscure term

noun:

• having part of one's underwear exposed from their shorts - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash - abbreviation ➜ 御太鼓結び

expression:

• disdaining everybody; not caring an ounce about other people's feelings

adverb:

• secretly; behind someone's back; unbeknownst to the parties involved

noun:

• Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)

noun:

• school(s) with flexible, child-centred curricula - From English "open school"

noun:

• Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is ➜ 六曜

noun:

• women's hairstyle (first appearing during the mid-18th century) - archaism

noun:

• ushnisha (protrusion on the top of a buddha's head) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica sarcodactylus)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed) - obscure term ➜ 床を上げる

noun:

• radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds - slang

noun:

• Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air) ➜ ペレーの毛

noun:

• word used after an addressee's name in a formal letter - female language - polite language ➜ 脇付