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

expression:

• out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed - colloquialism

noun:

• Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)

suffix / counter:

• counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders)

noun:

• Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

noun:

• Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii) - obscure term ➜ 翁戎貝