noun:

• cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar ➜ 法華八講

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)

noun:

• guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor

noun:

• height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer

noun:

• record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history

noun:

• seller; selling side ➜ 買い方
• method of selling; art of selling ➜ 買い方

noun:

• (a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize

noun:

• methods of writing; rules of good writing; writing style guide - four character idiom

noun:

• the kalpa of existence (the second aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• data unavailability; lack of data; shortage of data - IT term

expression / noun:

• change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state

noun:

• gloss; luster; lustre; shine; sheen; polish
• mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin)
• interest; appeal; charm; color; colour; feeling
• romance; love; sexiness

noun / suffix noun:

• popularity; favour; favor; reception

noun:

• defense; defence; reputation
• agreement
• receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
• submissive partner of a homosexual relationship - often abbr. 凹 on gay SNS sites - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ 猫・攻め・タチ

noun:

• enclosure; fence; wall; pen; paling
• storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.)
• partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies
• mistress - abbreviation ➜ 囲い者
• castle; strong defensive position - Shōgi term

noun:

• draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve
• something full of holes ➜ ざる法【ざるほう】
• zaru soba - abbreviation ➜ ざる蕎麦
• strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish - colloquialism

noun:

• armor, helmet & shield (armour) - obscure term
• kakurei, kakuun & kakumei (first, fifth and fifty-eighth years of the sexagenary cycle; times of civil unrest according to Onmyōdō) ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

noun:

• 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain) ➜ 間日【まび】

noun:

• time - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "samaya"
• meeting; coming together - Buddhism term
• equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures
• Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

noun:

• pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)
• forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

noun:

• sky
• heaven ［てん］
• svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ［てん］ - Buddhism term
• deva (divine being of Buddhism) ［てん］ - Buddhism term