noun:

• tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird; beautiful tower - obscure term ➜ 鳳凰

noun:

• knowledge by acquaintance

noun:

• crime instigated by external circumstances - obscure term

noun:

• stand-by (on an airplane)

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• politicking by wining and dining - four character idiom

noun:

• clothes worn by the nobility when attending Court

noun:

• marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• marriage where the person courted was already married

noun:

• kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)

noun:

• dance performed by a single person

noun:

• animals designated as dangerous by Japanese law

noun:

• euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)

noun:

• injury caused by a second party; damage caused by another person ➜ 自損

noun:

• jail (gaol) made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave-prison

adverb / ~の noun:

• close by; right there; short distance away; a hop, skip and jump away
• at once; as soon as possible; immediately

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term ➜ 曙貴時代

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to extend by force; to aggrandize; to aggrandise

noun:

• hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to abide by the verdict

noun:

• cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping - Food term

expression / ~の noun / adverb:

• by prefecture ➜ 都道府県【とどうふけん】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be struck by lightning

noun:

• worship by the emperor at a shrine - honorific language

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip
• walking in large steps
• walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

noun:

• government by the imperial court