noun / ~する noun:

• disclosing the secret of a trick

noun:

• winning hand consisting only of terminal and honor tiles - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

noun:

• Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE ➜ 都護府

expression:

• the very image of health itself; picture of health

noun:

• mysterious power of words to alter reality

noun / ~する noun:

• passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom

noun:

• fifth year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō) ➜ 三革・戊辰

noun / ~する noun:

• moving an object of worship

noun:

• threat of rain

expression:

• because of; on account of
• regarding ➜ について
• per; apiece ➜ について

noun:

• salute of guns

noun:

• the orders of one's ruler

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun:

• Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule

noun:

• work (object) of art

noun:

• annexation of Korea (by Japan; 1910-1945)

noun:

• sign that indicates an older driver ➜ 若葉マーク

noun:

• type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)

expression / noun:

• clash of civilizations

noun / ~の noun:

• not aware of what one is doing ➜ 知らず識らず

noun:

• lover of dogs

noun:

• amount of consumption