noun:

• monks and laity

noun:

• red and white egg-shaped mochi

noun:

• shirt with white cuffs and collar; cleric shirt

noun:

• the work (doings) of so-and-so

noun:

• inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc. - obscure term ➜ 文様

noun / adjectival noun:

• avariciousness and inhumanity - archaism

noun:

• head and shoulders (chartist pattern) ➜ ヘッドアンドショルダー

noun:

• variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads

noun / adjectival noun:

• wise and clear-sighted; intelligent and astute by nature; blessed with talents - four character idiom

expression:

• no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's head [literal] ➜ 逆立ち

expression / noun:

• the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat - idiom

expression:

• Blossoms fall and leaves scatter; the evanescence (impermanence) of worldly things - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple - abbreviation of 栴檀林 - Buddhism term ➜ 栴檀
• Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧・談林風・談林派

noun:

• elementary and middle schools

adverb / ~と adverb:

• by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• tears or flower petals falling quietly - onomatopoeia ➜ はらはら・ぼろぼろ
• gurgling bird sound - onomatopoeia
• falling apart; crumbling; melting (in one's mouth) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc. - Food term

noun:

• radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast Aug. 15, 1945) ➜ ポツダム宣言

adjective:

• having an ancient and honorable origin

noun:

• access to genetic resources and benefit sharing; Access and Benefit-Sharing; ABS

noun:

• (line of) regents and advisers (advisors)

noun / ~する noun:

• rise and fall; fluctuation

noun:

• ham and salad

expression:

• continuing day and night

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to shake and untangle; to shake free from

noun:

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

adjective:

• long and thin ➜ 細長い