noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

noun:

• school of popular writing

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

noun:

• illegal arrest and imprisonment resulting in death or bodily injury

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

noun:

• foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to loom in the distance

noun:

• law of refraction - obscure term ➜ スネルの法則

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)

noun:

• Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto) - Buddhism term ➜ 和讃【わさん】・来迎【らいごう】

noun:

• disposition of troops; battle formation

expression / noun:

• Battle of Rokuhara (Genkō War, 1333); Capture of Rokuhara

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom

noun:

• jeans worn low, exposing part of buttocks

noun:

• salted Pacific cod entrails in spicy sauce

noun:

• main part of a book

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• mistake in speaking

~の noun / noun:

• once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign - four character idiom

noun:

• heaven of controlling others' emanations - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天