noun:

• company consisting of autonomous divisions

noun:

• eleventh month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term

noun:

• traditional textile of the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa

noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the "ku" adverbial form with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have an involuntary emission of semen

noun:

• bundle of straw used as mulch - obscure term

noun:

• biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance
• tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to not take into consideration; to treat with disdain

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be in danger of; to be liable to

noun:

• reign of an emperor of Japan - honorific language

noun:

• five most important temples of a region - obscure term

noun:

• verge of death; brink of death

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

noun:

• winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• manipulation of information; spin

noun:

• the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

• biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

noun:

• waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】

noun:

• mark of liveliness; sign of activity

noun:

• entry of a procedure - IT term

noun:

• rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
• wrestling ring - Sumo term
• dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

noun:

• ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves