expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

noun:

• word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

noun:

• medium; channeler ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun / ~の noun:

• being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts - four character idiom

~の noun:

• a large number; all sorts; hundreds and thousands

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down

noun:

• Clusiaceae; Guttiferae; family of plants including St. John's worts and mangosteens

noun:

• Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma - From Sanskrit
• inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega

noun:

• adjectival noun (Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- and tari-adjective - part of speech tag used in dictionaries - abbreviation - Linguistics term ➜ 形容動詞

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

noun:

• shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards ➜ 榧【かや】

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• what is called; what they call; so-called

adverb / ~と adverb:

• intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• in drops (e.g. of rain) - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / noun:

• dainty; delicate; slender; slim and elegant
• fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

noun:

• Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

expression:

• not just once; more than once; many times; again and again

noun / ~する noun:

• acceptance inspection; collating; receipt and inspection

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun:

• tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story ➜ 法螺

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smooth; flat; lacking bumps and dents
• featureless; uneventful

noun:

• noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face