noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

noun:

• foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise

noun:

• law of refraction - obscure term ➜ スネルの法則

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)

noun:

• Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto) - Buddhism term ➜ 和讃【わさん】・来迎【らいごう】

noun:

• disposition of troops; battle formation

expression / noun:

• Battle of Rokuhara (Genkō War, 1333); Capture of Rokuhara

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom

noun:

• jeans worn low, exposing part of buttocks

noun:

• main part of a book

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

~の noun / noun:

• once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign - four character idiom

noun:

• heaven of controlling others' emanations - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天

noun:

• narrow strip of land

noun:

• strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate

expression:

• in the course of one's duties

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• galaxy of able persons; collection of intellectuals - four character idiom

noun:

• fifth of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• edge of a street

noun:

• slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period) - 歌沢節 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢節 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen ➜ うた沢

noun:

• queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii); titanka; puya de Raimondi

adjectival noun:

• of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing - abbreviation - slang ➜ 意味不明