noun:

• prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)

noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

noun:

• Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period) ➜ 陰陽道

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster - four character idiom

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun:

• prostitution in which anal sex services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons") - play on 花びら回転 ➜ 花びら回転・ピンクサロン

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

noun:

• another person; other people; others ➜ 人【ひと】
• unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) ［たにん］
• outsider; stranger ［たにん］

noun:

• the five fundamental seasonings used in Japanese cooking: (in order) sugar, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, miso

pronoun:

• you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)

noun:

• man used by a woman to pay for her meals - slang ➜ 飯【めし】

noun:

• formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress (formerly used by court ladies) ➜ 檜扇

noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

interjection:

• heave ho (shout used by construction workers, etc. when pulling something big)

noun:

• uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

noun:

• adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting

noun:

• court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace - four character idiom

noun:

• health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster - obscure term - four character idiom ➜ 息災延命

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people

noun / ~する noun:

• squeeze (play) - Baseball term
• (in scuba diving) discomfort or pain caused by increasing water pressure compressing body air spaces and pushing body tissue inward

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

godan ~う verb:

• to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other)
• to speak (to each other)