noun:

• ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

noun:

• man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman
• person of high rank
• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo) ➜ 四君子

noun:

• 007 (James Bond's code in the books and films); double-oh-seven

noun:

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

noun:

• mapo doufu; mapo tofu; spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat - Food term - From Chinese "mápó dòufu"

noun / ~の noun:

• pigeon chest (Pectus carinatum, deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum); pigeon breast
• woman with big breasts - colloquialism

adverb:

• after all; in the end; when all's said and done
• for the time being; at present

interjection / noun / ~する noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue - from 赤目 ➜ 赤目【あかべ】

noun:

• having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

noun:

• terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses ➜ 兵馬

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smooth; flat; lacking bumps and dents
• featureless; uneventful

noun:

• noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face

noun:

• blackeye rabbitfish (Siganus puelloides, species of rabbitfish found in the Maldives and the Similan Islands)

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

noun:

• nasal plug
• wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place - Architecture term

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

adverb / ~の noun:

• close by; right there; short distance away; a hop, skip and jump away
• at once; as soon as possible; immediately

noun:

• doing something together; co-owning something and using it together - archaism
• being on par with one another - archaism

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt

noun:

• teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to steam (food, towel, etc.) ➜ 蒸かす

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hot and humid; to be sultry

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - letters beginning with this typically end with 敬具