noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun:

• White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family) - archaism
• crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• Negaprion (genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae containing the two extant species of lemon sharks)

noun:

• Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

noun:

• doing something for the first time (ever, in a season, etc.) - polite language ➜ 初【はつ】
• new item; first crop of the season

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

noun:

• Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• zaire (currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

noun / ~する noun:

• entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

noun:

• lower floor; downstairs Antonym: 階上
• bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs Antonym: 階上【かいじょう】

noun:

• the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period

noun:

• high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end

~の noun / noun:

• under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)

noun:

• The Book of Documents; The Book of History; Shujing; Shu Ching ➜ 五経

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

noun:

• Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma; Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 法華経

noun:

• bones of the feet - obscure term
• the strength of one's feet

noun:

• agapanthus (esp. the African lily, Agapanthus africanus); lily-of-the-nile - From Latin

particle:

• endorsing and questioning the preceding statement - sentence ending particle
• lamenting reflections on the preceding statement - sentence ending particle

noun / ~の noun:

• every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide