noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

noun:

• having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing with one's own eyes; witnessing

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be below the cost; to sell below cost

noun:

• miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld) ➜ 黄泉国【よもつくに】

noun:

• beast in human form - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun / ~する noun:

• moderation in smoking

noun:

• the nasal cavity - びくう is used by medical professionals

noun:

• tub used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 便壺

noun:

• the same occupation; the said occupation

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly break with a snap; to suddenly get cut off
• to snap; to become furious

noun:

• rate in foreign currency

noun:

• unify the nation by force; spread military force under the heavens [literal] - personal seal of Oda Nobunaga from 1567 onward

expression:

• scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path - four character idiom

noun:

• the Sabbath; the Lord's Day

noun:

• the atmosphere

noun:

• one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom

noun:

• direct call facility - IT term

noun:

• sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast) ➜ 酒かす

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE ➜ 都護府