noun:

• act of visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

noun:

• dead silence after a joke falls flat - slang - From English "white kick" ➜ 白ける

noun:

• main menu in a restaurant, as opposed to the lunchtime menu

noun:

• a nest of sake cups

noun:

• establishing the identity of a witness

noun:

• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) - obscure term ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• chocolate-coated ice cream on a stick - From English "ice smack" ➜ スマック

noun:

• shadow of a tree

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suture a wound; to sew up a wound

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a cramp

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

noun / ~する noun:

• sending a book as a present

godan ~す verb:

• to eat a bit of everything

expression / ichidan verb:

• to receive a prize

expression:

• it's not a problem; it's not a big deal; (person or thing) can be easily beaten or bettered (by one) ➜ 目じゃない

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the bathroom in a group; going off to urinate together - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ 連れ小便

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shirk a responsibility

noun:

• retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut - Sumo term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb ➜ 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

noun:

• loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game

noun:

• eye of a needle
• hole ［針孔］ - dialectal ➜ 穴【あな】

noun:

• celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

noun:

• central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira
• leader of the Tenri religion ［真柱］