noun / ~の noun:

• nose and mouth; muzzle (e.g. of a dog)
• nostril; nostrils; naris; nares

noun:

• understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

noun:

• style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

noun:

• ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

noun:

• pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan - sensitive

noun:

• flowers and water offered to Buddha - Buddhism term
• irrigation of a rice field during flowering

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun / suffix noun:

• edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road) - sometimes べり as a suffix
• rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage
• fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

noun:

• heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world
• top and bottom ［てんち］
• gods of heaven and earth ［あめつち］

noun:

• Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces, 1868-1869)

noun:

• wide-mouthed ceramic vessel having a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids)
• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids ➜ 半挿【はんぞう】

noun:

• health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster - obscure term - four character idiom ➜ 息災延命

noun:

• difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work) - from きつい・汚い・危険
• apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

noun:

• Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood

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:

• Japanese film ➜ 洋画
• Japanese painting

noun:

• Japanese philology; Japanese linguistics

noun:

• Japanese food; Japanese meal

noun:

• Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens

noun:

• Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship

noun:

• medieval Japanese; mediaeval Japanese