noun:

• wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)

ichidan verb:

• to go out of turn; to butt in

expression:

• the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term

noun:

• dislike of China; hatred of China

noun:

• book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures

noun:

• principle (or ideology) of international cooperation

expression / noun:

• veil of darkness; curtain of night - idiom

noun:

• forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce - four character idiom

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house

noun:

• drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

noun:

• board of directors

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 心学

noun:

• a face of (feigned) innocence ➜ 恍け

noun:

• amount of a donation

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

noun:

• pounding down earth around the roots of a tree
• adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana

noun:

• historic sites, places of scenic beauty and natural monuments

noun:

• image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant) - Buddhism term ➜ 普賢菩薩

noun:

• Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)

noun:

• philosophy of mathematics; mathematical philosophy

noun:

• expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history - four character idiom

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• sprout of a plant shooting from under the soil