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:

• an open economy

noun:

• Japanese curry with an additional topping (e.g. shredded beef, hayashi-rice sauce, etc.)

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

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

expression / noun:

• sacrament of penance and reconciliation

noun:

• Ottoman constitution of 1876

noun:

• the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

noun:

• wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

noun:

• maintenance of territorial integrity