noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup - Food term

noun:

• man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore [literal]

noun:

• handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.

noun:

• yarn dyeing; thread dyeing; prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven

noun:

• hero package (commercial in which the product is the hero of the segment)

noun:

• somebody who has wild fantasies; someone who hears voices; someone who is crazy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため・タメを張る

noun:

• rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky

noun:

• ice color; insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice dye ➜ 氷染染料

expression:

• if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• way of hearing; way a spoken statement is taken; way of asking

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold - proverb ➜ 春宵一刻

noun:

• supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to the Earth

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter - colloquialism

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒