noun:

• civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves

noun:

• dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun / ~する noun:

• suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one - four character idiom ➜ 豁然大悟

noun / ~する noun:

• dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die

expression / noun:

• red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

noun:

• time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet

noun:

• algebraic variety; locus defined by polynomial equations - Mathematics term

noun:

• mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870)
• 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes)
• letter; character; sentence
• scripture; incantation - abbreviation ➜ 経文・呪文

noun / adverb:

• whole face; all over one's face

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

expression / ~と adverb / adverb:

• this and that; one thing or another

noun:

• Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown

noun:

• ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% - abbreviation ➜ 吟醸酒

noun / ~する noun:

• adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• sit-ups; exercise to strengthen one's abdominal muscles

expression:

• once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else; to spit at the heavens and have one's spit land back on one's face [literal] - proverb ➜ 天に唾する

expression / godan ~ぬ verb:

• to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed - sensitive

expression / ichidan verb:

• to change the schedule; to change one's plans

noun:

• individual; one by one

noun:

• speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's

noun:

• Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
• to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
• to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory - idiom ➜ 故郷に錦を飾る