noun:

• image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.) - ぎょえい is usu. for royalty; みえい for Buddhism - honorific language

noun:

• loose morals (e.g. of a geisha); easy virtue ➜ 不見転芸者【みずてんげいしゃ】
• impulse; whim

noun:

• (historical) government-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home

adjectival noun / noun:

• becoming an adult or full-fledged member of (a) society ➜ 一人前

noun:

• foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions

noun / ~する noun:

• adaptation (e.g. of a poem or novel); rewriting; recasting; modification; rehashing - four character idiom

noun:

• rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; scandal ［浮き名・浮名］
• bad reputation - archaism

noun:

• first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence

noun:

• standing (for a long period of time); continuing to stand

noun:

• making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term

noun:

• term of validity; period for which (a ticket) is available (valid)

noun / ~する noun:

• lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies

noun:

• babbling (of a baby); babble

noun / ~する noun:

• focus of one's attention (on a specific field); commitment to something

expression:

• all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing - four character idiom

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

noun:

• title of a thread in email, news, etc. - From English "thread title"

noun:

• doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) after completing a course of study ➜ 論文博士

expression:

• of all people (expression showing surprise at a high standing person's misbehavior)

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

noun:

• Semite (speaker of a semitic language, esp. Jews and Arabs)

noun:

• sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

noun:

• allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining

noun:

• wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

noun:

• gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg

noun:

• structure of an artwork; pictorial design
• pictures inserted in a book