expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make a sound; to give off a sound - often XXX(と)音がする
• to hear a sound

adjectival noun:

• seeming to be for a certain reason; seeming to indicate there are special circumstances; seeming to indicate there is more than meets the eye

noun:

• the number of flat things
• win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• darkness; the dark; dark
• bewilderment; despair; hopelessness
• black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table

expression / noun:

• above the clouds; heaven
• the Imperial Court
• something unreachable; place of out of reach

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海の幸

noun / ~の noun:

• (dental) alveolus; (dental) alveoli; socket in the jaw containing the root of a tooth

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent (esp. of the passing of the night)
• piercing (cold) ［しんしん］

noun:

• developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past - four character idiom

noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

noun:

• toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog) - colloquialism

noun:

• Rashidun period (the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, 632-661 CE)

noun / ~の noun:

• director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system); chief - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

noun:

• Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")

noun:

• the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law ➜ ＮＰＯ法

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• small statue of Shoki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses) ➜ 鍾馗

noun:

• memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸