noun:

• style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

noun:

• fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

noun:

• ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien

noun:

• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni) - obscure term - From Latin "Eoanthropus" ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

noun:

• kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove - obscure term

noun:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language; TOEFL

noun:

• forming by hand (instead of using a potter's wheel, etc.); handwork

noun:

• pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price

noun:

• person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko - archaism - obscure term - Shintō term

noun:

• patch of plants or shrubs (e.g. on a steep rocky surface)

prefix:

• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 - archaism ➜ 従【ひろい】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大いなる・大いに

noun:

• ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) ➜ 書院造り

noun:

• Akhal-Teke, a breed of horses originating in Turkmenistan

noun:

• intricately inscribed ancient bronze or iron mirror featuring a pair of firebirds - obscure term ➜ 鳳凰

adverb:

• gradually; by degrees - obscure term ➜ 段々・漸次
• the sight of a tall soaring rock - obscure term
• crying; weeping - obscure term

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ