noun:

• monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court - honorific language

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

noun:

• marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• marriage where the person courted was already married

expression / noun:

• by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment - four character idiom

noun:

• traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies)

noun:

• type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun:

• amicus curiae; friend of the court - Law term

noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

noun:

• death by hanging; execution by hanging

noun:

• step by step; by degrees - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• by all means; by all costs

noun:

• praying by proxy; applying by proxy

noun / ~する noun:

• death by suffocation; death by choking

noun / ~する noun:

• learning by memorization; learning by memorisation

noun:

• sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling

noun / ~する noun:

• performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
• doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
• put-up job; charade
• sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

noun / ~する noun:

• (historical, in China) abdication by an emperor in favor (favour) of a more virtuous successor

noun:

• cushion ball; carom off the outfield wall by a batted ball - Baseball term

noun:

• day-by-day record of a patient's condition; diary written while ill in bed

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone) - obscure term

noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

noun:

• wind drying; drying something by hanging it in a drafty place (e.g. fish)

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year