noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lean against; to lean on; to recline on
• to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pilfer; to filch; to snaffle; to pocket

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal - slang ➜ 盗む【ぬすむ】・がめる

noun:

• first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth
• first speech; inaugural address

adjective:

• earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent
• terrible; frightful; horrible; ghastly

noun / ~の noun:

• barefoot

suffix noun:

• superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ［はだし］

noun / ~する noun:

• entering Nirvana; becoming a Buddha
• going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

noun:

• blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)

noun:

• homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

noun / ~する noun:

• unveiling a Buddhist image
• gambling
• revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden

noun:

• scion; cion; (horticultural) graft
• opportunity to continue a conversation

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)

noun:

• ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred) ➜ 浮遊霊

noun:

• melody or flushing sound played by a Japanese toilet to mask excretion sounds

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun:

• get-well card (gift, letter) - four character idiom
• visit to (inquiry after) a sick person

noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

noun:

• staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)