noun:

• Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil - From Chinese "dan dan mian"

noun / ~する noun:

• cries of encouragement; shouting encouragement - four character idiom

noun:

• Pan-Pacific concept; Pacific Rim concept

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

noun:

• leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

noun:

• periodical relief or replacement of workers

noun:

• history of civilization

noun:

• reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

adjective:

• reeking of blood; stinking of blood
• bloody (battle, crime, etc.)

noun:

• way of speaking; intimation
• lips; mouth; snout; proboscis ➜ 口先【くちさき】

noun:

• age of a vessel

noun:

• fragment of wood

noun:

• taking the extrance exams of multiple schools

noun:

• point of action (e.g. of a lever)

noun:

• buying the services of a prostitute; whoring ➜ 傾城買い

noun:

• var. of traditional shakuhachi music

temporal noun:

• nature of one's business; business instinct

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to despair of; to see the vanity of

noun:

• out-of-store sales department

expression:

• because of; owing to; due to ➜ 所為【せい】

noun:

• the Grand Shrines of Ise

noun:

• the price of fame; noblesse oblige

noun:

• blood of Christ (Eucharist) - honorific language ➜ 御体

noun:

• book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)

noun:

• emancipation of slaves