expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do with sincerity

adjectival noun / noun:

• convulsed with laughter

noun / ~する noun:

• chip-in (golf, basketball, etc.) - Sports term

noun:

• golf pro sponsored by the tournament host - From English "host pro"

noun:

• the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children - Shintō term

noun:

• the same newspaper

expression / adjective:

• bad for the eyes

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

noun:

• rays of the setting sun - obscure term

expression:

• take the opportunity to (do something else) ➜ 物の序で

noun:

• people living in the country; people living inland; Japanese in Japan proper; people living on Honshu

noun:

• built-in variable; predefined variable - IT term

noun:

• style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho) ➜ 天明・蕉風
• style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo) ➜ 狂歌

noun:

• paper weight in gsm

expression / adverb:

• with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly

noun:

• model featured in an advertising campaign - abbreviation - From English "campaign girl"

noun:

• kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
• special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
• kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism

noun:

• chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 念仏

noun:

• the Paris Commune

noun:

• ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead

noun / ~する noun:

• raising out-of-season crops with artificial heat

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus - obscure term ➜ 地謡前

noun:

• the lust for conquest

temporal noun:

• during the war

noun:

• retirement at the behest of one's employer ➜ 肩たたき