noun / ~の noun:

• a line; a streak; a stripe; a ray (of light); a wisp (of smoke)

noun:

• one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)
• one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
• the same logic; the same reason - archaism

noun:

• a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place) - four character idiom

noun:

• prajna; wisdom required to attain enlightenment - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "prajñā"
• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ➜ 般若面【はんにゃめん】
• family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression - abbreviation ➜ 般若面【はんにゃづら】

noun:

• viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought
• contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness - Buddhism term

noun:

• the rights and wrongs (of a case) - four character idiom

noun:

• ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials - archaism

noun:

• confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation - archaism

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering - four character idiom

noun:

• extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge) ➜ 枢【くるる】

noun:

• young imperial prince
• child of the imperial family
• shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine ➜ 本宮
• newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred) ➜ 勧請

expression:

• tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• Aegukga; national anthem of South Korea
• Aegukka; national anthem of North Korea; The Patriotic Song; Let Morning Shine
• The Patriotic Song; national anthem of the Russian SFSR and of the Russian Federation from 1990 to 2000

noun:

• priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

noun:

• suede; leather using the underside of the skin ➜ スエード
• piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.

noun:

• any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region) ➜ 西国三十三所

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

noun:

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)

noun:

• idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater) - From Latin "idola"

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

noun:

• your will; your wishes; your request - honorific language

noun / suffix noun:

• your highness; your grace; your eminence - honorific language

adjectival noun:

• plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals