noun:

• conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction ➜ 句形
• rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese ➜ 句形

expression:

• in comparison

expression:

• render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's - from Matthew 22:21 - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• reading carefully with appreciation; giving (something) a careful perusal - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air
• to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

noun:

• pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color

noun:

• for the first time; first thing; doing something for the first time - archaism
• first menstruation - archaism

noun:

• light coming in or leaking through a window

noun:

• bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

noun:

• copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy

noun:

• burning off the fields

noun:

• song in praise of Buddhas virtues

expression:

• The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven - four character idiom

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• way of dealing with someone; attitude ➜ 接する

noun:

• avoiding the summer heat; beating the summer heat

noun:

• various information recorded in the almanac (as regards astronomy, astrology, etc.)

noun:

• the paper (manufacturing) industry

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

noun:

• pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)