noun:

• way; path; route; along the way; along the road ➜ 途次

noun / ~する noun:

• playing the victim; playing the victim card

noun / ~する noun:

• tide watching (esp. in the Naruto Strait); watching the tide ➜ 鳴門【なると】

~の noun:

• towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun:

• dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
• manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 菩提道場

noun:

• pulling out by the roots; pulling up roots and all

~の noun:

• native born; true born ➜ 生え抜き

noun:

• household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryo system); vassal household allotted to a courtier ➜ 食封

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

expression:

• it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb

noun:

• tower-shaped wooden talisman
• apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease

noun:

• starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off ➜ ご破算
• clearing an abacus - orig. meaning ➜ ご破算

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

noun:

• political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit

adjective:

• cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing Antonym: 熱い
• coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly

adjective:

• equal; identical; the same
• no different (to); just like; equivalent

noun / ~の noun:

• pink
• erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic

noun / ~する noun:

• appearance; presence; attendance
• surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

noun:

• semicircle; hemicycle; half globe

~する noun:

• to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)

noun:

• first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd)