noun:

• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

noun:

• erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

noun:

• spirit of self-denial

noun:

• the pain of not getting what one seeks - Buddhism term

noun:

• tenth month of the lunar calendar - term used in Izumo Province - archaism ➜ 神無月

noun:

• measure for volume

temporal noun:

• since the dawn of history - four character idiom

noun:

• Secretary of Defence (Defense)

noun:

• man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period

noun:

• for use by men

noun:

• desire for revenge; vengeful thought

noun:

• type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks) ➜ 笠・虚無僧

noun:

• International Trade Commission; ITC
• Independent Television Commission; ITC
• International Trade Center; ITC
• integrated traffic control; ITC
• inclusive tour charter
• IT coordinator

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

noun:

• international finance

expression:

• agency of fate; power of fate
• La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny

noun:

• responsibility for the consequences; absolute liability; moral responsibility; answerability

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun:

• thirteenth day of the month
• thirteen days

noun:

• outbreak of a fire

noun:

• modulus of elasticity

noun:

• paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
• paper doll used in purification rites - Shintō term

noun:

• euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)

noun / ~する noun:

• return of the Emperor (from a visit)
• return of a shintai to its shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• realization of an objective; realisation of an objective