noun:

• sambhogakaya (reward body, form taken by a buddha after completing its role as a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

noun:

• making of a craft or product, esp. a television program, movie, etc.

noun:

• bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet) ➜ 鐘

suffix / adjective:

• (after a noun or the stem of an adjective) seeming very... (usu. with a negative connotation)

noun:

• "090" financing; loan sharks operating from a cellphone (i.e. without a fixed phone number)

noun:

• female cook; kitchenmaid
• woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses - archaism

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

noun:

• taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 取り箸

expression:

• time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi) [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)

noun:

• air-damper (e.g. in chimney)
• wind door; door through which wind blows, e.g. to cool a room - archaism

noun:

• stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side ➜ 襴・闕腋
• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials

expression:

• to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen) - called けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zen - abbreviation ➜ 警覚策励・座禅
• horsewhip ［けいさく］

noun:

• Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

expression:

• taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride - proverb

noun:

• temperature sensitivity; sensitivity of the demand for electricity to a change of the atmospheric temperature

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video) - abbreviation ➜ イメージトレーニング

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

ichidan verb:

• to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with ➜ 散り敷く

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

expression / ichidan verb:

• to extend one's arm; to reach out; to offer one's hand