noun / ~する noun:

• taking a spectacular photograph (often of the female form); taking a photo at just the right moment - colloquialism

noun:

• powerful photograph; intense photograph

expression:

• out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in - recital chanted on Setsubun during the bean-scattering ceremony ➜ 豆まき・節分

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for

expression:

• enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb

noun:

• demand for replacement; request for replacement; need for replacement

noun / ~する noun:

• vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge

expression:

• of all times (for this to happen); of all days

noun:

• chunk of meat (e.g. for grilling); joint of meat

noun:

• two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living - four character idiom

expression:

• in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency

noun:

• woman of low rank; term of degradation for a woman

noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs ➜ 切り金
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds) ➜ 切り金

noun:

• region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea
• East Sea (controversial name for the Sea of Japan proposed by Korea)

noun:

• public opinion; public eye; (in) the eyes of others
• discerning eye; an eye (for sth)
• perspective; way of looking at things; point of view

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun / ~する noun / expression:

• asking for the moon; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun:

• governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

noun:

• consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿闍梨

noun:

• head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year

noun:

• Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto ➜ 大学寮・七大私学

noun:

• kana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.) - IT term

noun:

• kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to read kanji using its native Japanese pronunciation - obscure term

noun:

• kanji "three" or "hair ornament" radical at right