noun:

• name of a god
• name of a shrine

expression:

• any number of people; a large number of people

noun:

• shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird

noun:

• opening of a banquet; opening of a wedding reception

noun:

• chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system

expression / noun:

• passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons

expression / noun:

• ultimate fate of the universe; end of the universe - Astronomy term

noun:

• book lover; lover of books

noun / ~の noun:

• bibliophilism; love of books

noun:

• paleography; study of ancient documents; study of ancient writing

noun:

• mind of the emperor; inner feelings of the emperor

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to build a market for; to promote (a product); to sell; to become well known
• to promote oneself; to sell oneself
• to sell heavily

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky ➜ 陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• vine; bine; tendril; runner
• bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear
• connections; contacts; influence; financial supporter

noun:

• turnover (of possession) - Sports term
• (metabolic) turnover
• egg cooked on both sides; eggs over easy - From English
• number of strokes in a set time or distance (swimming) - Sports term

noun:

• the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; the true charm
• flavour of ghee; "delicious taste" [figurative] ➜ 醍醐
• Buddha's gracious teachings - Buddhism term

noun:

• Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); barbarians to the west [literal]

noun:

• ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor ➜ リッジテールモニター

noun:

• mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō - pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経 ➜ あほだら

noun:

• reserves (esp. troops); reserve army
• potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun / ~する noun:

• combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine
• manufacturing one part out of multiple different parts

noun:

• arm glove; arm warmer; sleevelet
• bracelet
• leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword
• hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear

noun:

• one copy (of a document); one letter
• one-way traffic - abbreviation ➜ 一方通行
• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) - sometimes written イッツー - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一気通貫【いっきつうかん】