noun:

• diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium ➜ 陰陽道【おんみょうどう】

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

noun:

• festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); IS; ISIL

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect

~の noun:

• sultry; muggy; steamy; sticky; hot and humid ➜ むしあつい

noun:

• 6th month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources

noun:

• imperial palace
• capital; metropolis
• Keijou (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation) ➜ ソウル

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

expression:

• following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression / noun:

• video game in which the player is likely to die frequently - slang ➜ ゲー

noun / ~する noun:

• internal rotation; endorotaion; rotating upper arm or leg inwards towards the body

noun:

• involution - Botany term

expression:

• content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold - proverb ➜ 足るを知る

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun:

• sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the previous page (in an internet browser) - colloquialism - From English "browser back"

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun:

• nutmeg (soccer); hitting a ball through the legs (e.g. in tennis) - slang - Sports term

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang