noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage
• small garden gate ➜ 小門

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

expression / adjective:

• (after the ren'yōkei form of a verb) indicates concession or compromise ➜ てもいい
• indicates permission ➜ てもいい

noun:

• food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor

noun:

• deutomerite; posterior sac; posterior chamber - Medicine term
• women's quarters at the rear of a house

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

noun:

• note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale - Music term ➜ 徴【ち】

noun:

• route for a date; course of activities for dating couples - From English "date course"

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb

expression / noun:

• empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; eyes of a dead fish [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation
• to divide

noun:

• Amitabha (Buddha); Amida - Buddhism term
• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner - abbreviation ➜ 阿弥陀籤【あみだくじ】
• wearing a hat pushed back on one's head - abbreviation ➜ 阿弥陀被り【あみだかぶり】

noun:

• thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion - honorific language
• however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.)
• fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
• to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
• to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
• to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
• to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
• to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned

noun / ~する noun:

• advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; briefing session
• overlap (of a coat, etc.)
• making something match exactly - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• changing household registry; transfer (e.g. of one's name in the register)
• transferring to a different team - Sports term

pronoun:

• we; us
• I; me - archaism
• you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors) - archaism