noun:

• the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

noun:

• eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil - four character idiom

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)

noun:

• meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body
• thread of connection; chain of reasoning

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term ➜ 待婚期間

noun / expression:

• five races under one union; founding principle of the Republic of China (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans) - four character idiom
• harmony of the five races; official policy of Manchukuo (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese) ［五族協和］ - four character idiom

noun:

• the death of Shakyamuni Buddha - Buddhism term
• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 仏涅槃忌

noun:

• Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 右大臣

expression / noun:

• manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

adverb:

• at the same time as speaking; as one speaks ［いいざま］

noun:

• tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun / suffix noun:

• section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
• phrase - Linguistics term
• verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
• haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
• maxim; saying; idiom; expression

noun / adjectival noun:

• full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep - four character idiom

noun:

• bed of nails; bed of thorns; bed of needles

noun:

• fire; trace of fire; heat of fire
• force of a fire ［かき・かっき］

noun:

• manner of swinging; way of swinging
• way of dealing with something ➜ 身の振り方

noun:

• rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains) ➜ 女山

adjective:

• smelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood; bloody
• degenerate (of a monk); depraved; corrupt; fallen
• worldly; mundane; secular; common; ordinary
• fishy; suspicious; questionable

noun:

• top; summit; apex; peak
• twelve o'clock (usu. midnight) ［てっぺん］ - often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る - slang
• top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown - esp. 頂辺 when in kanji - obscure term

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

noun:

• blow striking with the flat of the sword
• to slap ➜ 平手打ち
• metal flattened by striking
• tape; flat braid
• type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers ➜ 簪

noun:

• catarrh of the pulmonary apex; pulmonary apicitis; inflammation of the mucous of the upper lung - Medicine term

godan ~す verb:

• to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of