adverb / ~と adverb:

• ding; chime (sound of a bell or a small gong) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• letters (characters) indicating the end of a movie (The End, Fin, etc.) - From English "end mark"
• indication of the end (of something)

noun:

• having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart - four character idiom

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun / adjectival noun:

• inelegance; want of artistic taste; lack of poetic sense ➜ 無風流

adjectival noun:

• having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; unambiguous
• principal; primary; most important

noun:

• being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person
• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko ➜ 憑坐【よりまし】

noun:

• glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

noun:

• recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) - four character idiom

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun:

• wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• Myoken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper) - Buddhism term

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] ➜ いたちの道

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit
• (original meaning) to make a noise - archaism

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

noun:

• merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity) - Buddhism term

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

noun / ~する noun:

• assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

suffix:

• someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place) - colloquialism ➜ 江戸っ子

noun:

• spreading a piece of wet washing or paper on a board

noun:

• large jewel; string of jewels - archaism
• Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 勾玉・三種の神器

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ 御触書

adjectival noun:

• of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing - abbreviation - slang ➜ 意味不明