noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

expression / ichidan verb:

• to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball) - idiom
• to reach for (a snack, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

noun:

• assisting at dinner; dining with a superior

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to leave word; to leave a message

expression:

• time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• insane person; a fanatic

noun:

• long sleeper; person who needs a lot of sleep

noun:

• hakapik; iron hammer and hook mounted on a long wooden pole used for killing seals - From Norwegian

noun:

• riding time; time spent aboard a bus, train etc.

noun:

• multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments

noun:

• personality story; critique of a personality - obscure term - From English "who's he"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bear fruit; to produce a crop

noun:

• nightcap; a drink before sleeping

expression / noun:

• bathhouse thievery; stealing someone else's clothes and valuables at a bathhouse

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be eloquent; to have a way with words

expression:

• so what!; who gives a damn?

adverb:

• on countless occasions; many a time

noun / ~する noun:

• secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple
• retreat; off-site meeting

expression / noun:

• non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt ➜ 回転寿司

noun:

• calendar era; year numbering system used by a calendar

noun:

• legal penalty; punishment of a criminal

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

noun:

• Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period ➜ マリア・観音

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese ➜ 声点