noun:

• divination by facial features

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

noun:

• forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 碰【ポン】

noun / ~する noun:

• one's living; one's livelihood

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to use one's influence

~の noun:

• one-pass (e.g. compiler) - IT term

expression / noun:

• vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister

noun:

• purification to cleanse one of sin - archaism - obscure term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

noun:

• storm caused by the devil; evil wind; eerie wind

noun / ~する noun:

• passing one by (without noticing); inadvertently ignoring

noun:

• spreading baseless information to benefit one's own position in the stock market (etc.) - From English "position talk"
• statement that is beneficial to oneself

noun:

• shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute) - From Portuguese "charamela" ➜ 哨吶【さない】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to one's village

noun:

• one's next three neighbors; one's next three neighbours

noun:

• one-step

expression:

• with one's country in ruins

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun:

• around one's chest

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

noun:

• recovering one's spirits; rejuvenation; refection

noun:

• compulsory sale by auction; forced auction

noun / ~の noun:

• place by the sea ➜ 山手【やまて】

noun:

• one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life