noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

noun:

• fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

noun:

• ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien

noun:

• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

noun:

• outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ

noun:

• a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full) - archaism

noun:

• hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) - archaism

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun:

• ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) ➜ 書院造り

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

noun:

• blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

adverb:

• gradually; by degrees - obscure term ➜ 段々・漸次
• the sight of a tall soaring rock - obscure term
• crying; weeping - obscure term

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

noun:

• monkey (esp. a gibbon)
• hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre) ➜ 人形浄瑠璃
• menstrual period - slang
• kappa ➜ 河童

noun:

• outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

noun:

• snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

noun:

• purifying salt (thrown in the sumo ring before a bout, after funerals, etc.) ➜ 清めの塩

noun:

• shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism