expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

noun / ~する noun:

• wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

expression:

• bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

noun:

• 1.818 m (6 shaku)

counter:

• counter used to number the gaps between pillars

noun:

• a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full) - archaism

noun:

• being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain - archaism
• fifth lunar month ➜ 皐月

noun:

• Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses) ➜ 律法

noun:

• Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses) - obscure term ➜ モーセ五書

noun:

• fare box; place where one puts the money required to ride public transportation

noun:

• Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun:

• manas-vijnana (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self) - Buddhism term

noun:

• favorable condition (for entering the priesthood) - Buddhism term
• dying in order (from oldest to youngest)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

godan ~る verb:

• to have your party wiped out (in the RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne) - slang

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• striated surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indo- Pacific)

noun:

• twospot surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus binotatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• luvar (Luvarus imperialis, species of perciform fish closely related to the surgeonfish)

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)