noun:

• yellow jersey (awarded to the winner of the Tour de France, etc.) - From French "maillot jaune"

noun:

• ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar) - Buddhism term ➜ 十夜粥【じゅうやがゆ】

noun:

• family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko) ➜ 独鈷

noun:

• Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto) - Buddhism term ➜ 和讃【わさん】・来迎【らいごう】

noun:

• sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - idiom

noun:

• single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral

noun:

• town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

noun:

• person oblivious to the fact they are irritating or inconveniencing others; pain in the neck; pest - colloquialism

noun:

• government property
• taxes and other fees paid by the provinces to the governement (ritsuryo system) ［かんもつ］

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

expression / noun:

• the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

noun:

• flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
• animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

noun:

• truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 道諦・滅諦

noun:

• driving on the right-hand side; driving on the right side of the road ➜ 左側通行

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of Kyoto ➜ 畿内
• territories in the vicinity of the imperial palace

expression / ichidan verb:

• to extend one's arm; to reach out; to offer one's hand

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to be intrusive
• to jut out; to protude; to overhang

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

noun:

• the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
• (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

noun:

• 180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters ➜ 合【ごう】
• 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters ➜ 合【ごう】
• one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top) ➜ 合【ごう】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to begin to write; to write out; to export (file); to extract