noun:

• red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)

noun:

• photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
• kora (West-African instrument)
• kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term

noun:

• three great nobles of the Restoration (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi); three statesmen who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration

adverb:

• in the face of; in defiance of ➜ 物ともしない

noun:

• (motion of) precession of the equinoxes - Astronomy term ➜ 歳差【さいさ】
• precession - Physics term

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
• to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
• to count (e.g. the days)
• to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)

noun:

• Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image
• the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead

noun:

• person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job

noun:

• bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva) - Buddhism term
• grain of rice; cooked rice ［しゃり］ ➜ しゃり

adverb / ~と adverb:

• trickling (of water) - onomatopoeia
• flickering (of fire) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about; moving rapidly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings ➜ 胸がいっぱいになる

~の noun:

• chest full of; lungs full of

noun / ~する noun:

• performance of a noh play; performing a noh play

noun / ~する noun:

• the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot - four character idiom

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner - proverb ➜ 罪を憎んで人を憎まず【つみをにくんでひとをにくまず】

noun / ~の noun:

• rule; regulation
• settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
• habit; custom; habitual way ➜ 御決まり
• countenance in front of another person; face - usu. as 決まりが悪い, etc. ➜ 決まりが悪い
• love relationship between a customer and a prostitute - archaism

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sink; to go under; to submerge
• to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
• to feel depressed

noun:

• force of a fire; force of flames

noun:

• one form (of); a form of

noun:

• one form (of); a form of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

noun / ~の noun:

• improvisation; impromptu; off the cuff; without a score

noun / ~する noun:

• theatrical blackout
• taking a turn for the worse

noun:

• a guy who never gets the women; nerd