noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

noun:

• soup with rice bran pickled or salted vegetables (e.g. carrots, daikon or potatoes) and fish (e.g. salmon, gadid or Arabesque greenling) boiled in a salty broth (sake lees is sometimes added) (Hokkaido local specialty dish) ➜ 糠漬け【ぬかづけ】

noun:

• dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水喧嘩

noun:

• adopter; adopting parent or parents; adoptive parent or parents; foster parent or parents

adverb:

• somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

~する noun / ~と adverb / adverb:

• bulge in a pocket or clothing - onomatopoeia
• "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets

noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

noun:

• hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept ➜ 仏間

noun:

• local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands

noun:

• roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

noun / ~する noun:

• promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date - honorific language - humble language ➜ 約束

noun / ~の noun:

• something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

conjunction:

• or; or else

noun:

• make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament
• ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

noun:

• chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce - Food term

noun / ~の noun:

• aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature

noun:

• (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb - four character idiom

noun:

• euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work ➜ 五月病・六月病

suffix noun:

• month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)

noun:

• people who study or work while listening to the radio (or watching television, etc.)

noun:

• deuteragonist; secondary or supporting actor in a noh or kyogen play (possibly multiple actors) ➜ 仕手

noun:

• crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• leaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering