noun:

• image of the Buddha entering nirvana ➜ 涅槃像

noun:

• return of refugees

noun:

• memorandum of agreement; memorandum of understanding; letter of intent

noun:

• condition (sentiment) of the people

noun:

• time of the boar (9-11pm)

noun:

• Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures
• extracting from or excerpting (a classic)

noun / ~する noun:

• change of era

noun:

• playing cards bearing proverbs in the traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary

noun:

• member of the House of Councillors

noun:

• bird of prey

expression / ichidan verb:

• to master the secrets of an art

noun:

• analysis of variance - IT term

noun:

• distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost - Baseball term

noun:

• inseparability of body/mind and geographical circumstances - Buddhism term ➜ 正報・依報

noun:

• return of spring; rejuvenation

noun:

• Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto ➜ 大学寮・七大私学

noun:

• obstruction of business; interference of business; interference with somebody's duties - Law term

noun:

• highly virtuous monk
• monk - honorific language
• Buddhist solitary
• Buddhist missionary ➜ 高野聖
• saint (i.e. a virtuous person)
• emperor - archaism - honorific language
• master; expert - in form 〜の聖

noun:

• mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker

adjectival noun / noun:

• lacking of flair or refinement; lacking interests or hobbies; vulgarity; dull; prosaic

noun:

• certificate of student status; student ID card

noun:

• charge d'affaires of embassy

noun:

• the pain of meeting people one dislikes - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun / suffix noun:

• north of; and northward

noun:

• Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon