noun:

• Dear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs; Gentlemen - honorific language

noun:

• use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun ➜ 連用形

noun:

• no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking

noun / ~する noun:

• fluttering or flapping of wings

noun:

• candidates (in an election) who have won or are projected to be elected - from 当選及び当選確実

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to shine into or upon

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

noun:

• knotty wood or tree

noun:

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

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

• win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

expression / adverb:

• somehow or other

noun:

• another's wife or daughter - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• notary charges or fees

noun:

• Buddhist painting

noun:

• Confucian Shinto

noun:

• all or nothing

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• box set at a gate of a home or near the front door, used for receiving deliveries of newspapers, mail, milk, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• asking or putting a question; questioning

noun:

• Buddhist term
• teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha

noun:

• one's personal opinion or views

noun:

• make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament
• ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament - Sumo term

ichidan verb:

• to give a signed statement or an IOU

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rest or lean against

expression / noun:

• doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom