noun:

• autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air

noun:

• mound made in the image of Mt. Fuji ➜ 富士講

noun:

• Sho clan; royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom

noun:

• seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school ➜ 千家【せんけ】

noun:

• seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school - abbreviation ➜ 七事式【しちじしき】

~の noun:

• curved; forming the shape of an arch

noun:

• language area of the cortex; speech centre (center)

noun:

• sounding out the intentions or wishes of someone

noun:

• ringworm (of the scalp); tinea capitis - Medicine term

noun:

• strategy of initially moving the rook sideways - Shōgi term

noun:

• director of the dazaifu (ritsuryo system) ➜ 大宰府

expression:

• trend of the times; way things are going

noun / ~の noun:

• rounding of the lips; rounded (e.g. vowel) - Linguistics term

noun:

• city built according to the principles of fengshui ➜ 風水

noun:

• various kings
• unproclaimed son of the imperial family

noun:

• uppercase letter; capital letter ［おおもじ］ ➜ 小文字
• large character; large writing
• the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big" ［だいもんじ］
• huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year ［だいもんじ］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

noun:

• not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold
• lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

noun:

• Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple - abbreviation of 栴檀林 - Buddhism term ➜ 栴檀
• Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧・談林風・談林派

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure - From English "mask blow" ➜ マスククリア

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

noun:

• child who has survived the suicide of a parent; child of a person who committed suicide

noun / ~する noun:

• running errands; going on errands
• (transaction of) business; going about one's business
• doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
• purveying; purveyor - esp. 用達 ➜ 御用達

noun:

• mysteries of one's master's art
• robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); "transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)" [figurative] - original meaning - Buddhism term

noun:

• outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period