noun:

• announcing the succession to another's stage name ➜ 襲名披露

noun:

• medieval trade guild specialized in perilla oil

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter

noun:

• moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra ➜ 月宮殿

noun:

• 35th of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology ➜ 四霊

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

noun:

• smartphone with features of a typical Japanese feature phone - from ガラケー and スマホ

expression:

• How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom

noun:

• the same country

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

noun:

• selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities

noun:

• pro-democracy movement in China

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

noun / ~する noun:

• song and dance performed as an offering to the gods ➜ 神楽

noun:

• the assigned equation - used in mathematics to avoid writing out the original equation again in full - Mathematics term

noun:

• sister-in-law

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

noun:

• animated film released direct-to-video - abbreviation ➜ オリジナルビデオアニメーション