noun / ~する noun:

• attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• publication of two or more different books together as one - obscure term

noun:

• mother-of-pearl button

noun:

• the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac

noun:

• draft of magazine's content (a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun:

• philosophy of mind

noun:

• sphere of influence

noun / ~する noun:

• dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die

noun:

• something worthy of comparison; something being compared ➜ 比べ物にならない【くらべものにならない】

noun:

• amount of payment; amount paid

noun:

• pseudonym of a haiku poet

noun:

• bottom of a can

noun:

• having a burst of courage

noun / ~する noun:

• error of judgment; miscalculation

noun:

• aggravated breach of trust

expression / noun:

• red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

noun / ~する noun:

• loss of spirit; dejection

noun:

• dissolution of the lower house of parliament

noun:

• strength of one's back

noun:

• point of sale; POS

noun:

• joint committee of both houses - abbreviation ➜ 両院協議会【りょういんきょうぎかい】

expression:

• this sort of ➜ 言う・言う・斯う

noun:

• narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)

noun:

• frequency of use