noun / ~する noun:

• compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be positively affected by someone's strength of spirit

noun:

• personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing

noun:

• Unification Church (religious movement started by Reverend Sun Myung Moon)

noun / ~する noun:

• completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)

interjection:

• phrase shouted by a referee when both rikishi have stopped moving - Sumo term

noun:

• Dai Kanwa Jiten (major Kanji Dictionary, edited by Morohashi Tetsuji)

expression:

• relationships (formed by wealth) will end when the money ends

noun:

• verb formed by adding "suru" to a noun ➜ 為る

noun:

• informal kasaya worn primarily by adherents of Pure Land Buddhism - obscure term ➜ 袈裟

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

noun:

• damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)

noun:

• physical reaction caused by a phobia about going to work

noun:

• windcrust; crust formed on snow by strong wind

expression:

• talented men are ruined by their own talent - proverb

noun:

• form of muscular or movement therapy developed by Keizo Hashimoto

noun / ~する noun:

• trying of a crime; conviction - obscure term
• condemnation to death by beheading

expression:

• (preceded by v-te) not long has passed since ...

noun:

• skin eruptions caused by a cold or fever - obscure term ➜ ほろ子【ほろし】

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court) ➜ 紅の袴【くれないのはかま】

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

noun:

• hood made useless by the warmer weather of spring

noun:

• thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans) - slang - humorous term

noun:

• first stools passed by a newborn baby; meconium ➜ 胎便

noun:

• fashion style purportedly created by former amateur models, salespeople, etc. - colloquialism