noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun:

• disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

noun:

• head and legs; the body

noun:

• joint and several liability; each individual being responsible for the payment of his share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun:

• division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term ➜ 五時教

noun:

• hairstyle with buns on each side of the head

ichidan verb:

• to mark a stage, movie set, etc. with tape to indicate positions of actors, furniture, equipment, etc.; to block a set - from 場を見る - slang

noun:

• start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning
• event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar
• opening a sealed jar or container

noun:

• Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i

noun:

• boss; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate) - sensitive

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

particle:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
• or something - after an approximate quote or vague suggestion
• the likes of - lessening the significance or value of the previous word

noun:

• New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

noun:

• ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term

noun:

• the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains - four character idiom - Buddhism term
• a series of disasters

noun:

• rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

expression / adjectival noun:

• woman's word for the sound of feet thumping across a noh theatre; space of noh theatre based on the reach of the sound of feet thumping - female language

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet ➜ 衆参両院【しゅうさんりょういん】

noun:

• fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras - Buddhism term