noun:

• sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest

noun:

• unparalleled in the whole country - four character idiom

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to meet with disaster

expression:

• in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen - four character idiom

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

expression / ~の noun:

• (something) mixed with rain (snow, wind, etc.)

expression:

• be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth [literal] - proverb

noun:

• eat-in-kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room - short for dining room, kitchen - abbreviation ➜ ダイニングキッチン
• dropkick (rugby) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ドロップキック

noun:

• bowl of rice topped with sea urchin

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the seal

noun:

• clothes padded with cotton

expression / noun:

• housing for the elderly with home-care services provided

noun:

• curtain with horizontal stripes

noun:

• the next year

noun:

• the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩魔・陰魔・死魔・天魔

noun:

• study of the calendar; way of the calendar - archaism ➜ 暦学

noun:

• single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars

noun:

• ball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

noun:

• direct memory access; DMA - IT term

noun:

• mochi made in winter

noun:

• the smaller waves