noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun:

• layer of clothing worn by nobles (worn beneath the robe but over the undergarments) - archaism

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji) - obsolete term

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) ➜ 内道場

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• pillow money; tip left by the pillow for the room maid ➜ 枕銭

noun:

• type of fast military boat used from the Warring states period until the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials - archaism

noun:

• tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium

noun:

• the NPO Law (1998); Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities ➜ 特定非営利活動促進法

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century ➜ 南蛮寺

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer

noun:

• ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

noun:

• before the gate; in front of the gate

expression:

• on the occasion of; at the time of ➜ 際【さい】

noun:

• the entire strength; all hands; all the members

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

noun:

• inside-the-park home run; inside-the-parker - Baseball term - From English "running home run"

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

expression:

• on the plea of; under the pretext of