noun:

• door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• trembling from fear; trembling all over - onomatopoeia

noun:

• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp - also written as 大頭
• emperor's encampment

noun / ~の noun:

• being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• recovery from an illness

noun:

• rough cardboard made from straw
• low-grade paper (used as a lining) - archaism

noun:

• type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan
• type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

noun:

• deep double underarm grip which prevents the opponent from grabbing the belt - Sumo term

noun:

• predicting the weather from the wind direction, shape of clouds, etc.

noun:

• any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry ➜ 大島桜

noun:

• choir singing from music - From English "choral reading"
• reading aloud in a group

noun / ~する noun:

• being tanned by sunlight reflected from snow; snow-burn

noun:

• one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion) - Mahjong term ➜ 聴牌

noun:

• harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying - From English "power harassment"

expression:

• from the fact that ...

noun:

• the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China - Buddhism term

noun:

• charcoal made from thin branches
• charcoal sold in bulk (instead of in straw bags) ➜ 散【ばら】

noun:

• person in the online community who seeks to identify others from the information they post online, or who tries to identify places and objects that appear in comics or games - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• release from office; military service, or prison

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

noun:

• rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same family - Sumo term

noun:

• cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

expression / noun:

• bolt from the blue; great surprise - idiom

noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period ➜ 独鈷石