noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

noun:

• Arcturus (star in the constellation Boötes); Alpha Bootis - Astronomy term

noun:

• dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) ➜ 清【しん】

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

expression:

• having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 姑洗・十二律

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild) ➜ 忌み詞

noun:

• Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)

noun:

• right action - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 八正道
• correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha) ➜ 正定業

expression:

• midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season - humble language ➜ 暑中お見舞い

noun:

• inflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")

expression:

• craft brings nothing home; the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Shenxian thought (ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards)

noun:

• clay bed-warmer (cylindrical with holes in the sides, containing a brazier)

noun:

• prostitution (in the guise of a massage service) - From English "fashion health" ➜ ヘルス

noun:

• lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)

noun:

• man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period