noun / suffix:

• temple (Buddhist) ［刹］

noun:

• central pillar of a pagoda ➜ 心柱【しんばしら】
• kshetra (realm, country); ksetra ［刹］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

noun / ~する noun:

• crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• disposing of a case by placing an offender on probation or under supervision

noun:

• autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

noun:

• feel; touch
• impression (of a person)
• most impressive passage; highlight; punch line - orig. meaning
• beginning - colloquialism

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

noun:

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

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

expression:

• worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died - vulgar ➜ くたばる

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

noun:

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

noun:

• fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

noun:

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

noun:

• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni) - obscure term - From Latin "Eoanthropus" ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ