noun:

• fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

noun:

• opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• gas pedal; pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet

expression / noun:

• having one's own premises ➜ 部屋持ちの親方【へやもちのおやかた】
• Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment - abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

expression:

• you can do anything if you set your mind to; even an ant's thoughts reach the heavens [literal] - proverb

noun:

• soft, downy hair (i.e. such as on one's cheek); peach fuzz; fluff; pappus
• lanugo

~の noun:

• lanuginous; pappose; pappous

noun:

• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp - also written as 大頭
• emperor's encampment

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• man among men; man's man - manga slang

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a solid stance
• to put one's back in it; to exert oneself ➜ 本腰を入れる

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫をかぶる【ねこをかぶる】

noun:

• heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a formal salutation (between gamblers); to formally greet; to pay one's respects

expression / noun:

• dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine