noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 茅の輪

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• breaking up a match (on the decision of the referee, in boxing, etc.) - From English "referee stop"

noun:

• kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit) ➜ 八つ口

noun:

• western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live) ➜ 江戸城

expression:

• third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface) ➜ 七十二候

expression / noun:

• crowning glory (e.g. winning the last game of the season, creating a final spectacular art work)

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air ➜ 懸腕直筆【けんわんちょくひつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it ➜ 素読【そどく】
• reading a second draft without checking it against the original

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table) - sometimes written 掛ける

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be moved back (e.g. date, rank, order); to be postponed Antonym: 繰り上がる【くりあがる】
• to be borrowed (of a number in subtraction) - Mathematics term ➜ 繰り上がる【くりあがる】

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

noun:

• record; minutes; document
• record (e.g. in sports); results; score

~する noun:

• to record; to document
• to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value

noun / ~する noun:

• praising Buddha; sermon - Buddhism term
• praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness) - Buddhism term ➜ 五念門
• style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc. - Buddhism term
• rumor; rumour; hearsay - archaism

noun:

• meaningless words added a song for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song

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

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil