noun:

• mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back ➜ 鸞鳥
• (in Japan) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ［らんけい］ ➜ 夷則・十二律

noun:

• washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple) ➜ 手水舎

suffix:

• in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of
• attached or stretched on

noun / ~の noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son - four character idiom

expression:

• a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said - proverb ➜ 二言【にごん】

expression:

• the word impossible is not in my dictionary - quote

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

noun:

• any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter

noun:

• leader of a nobleman's cavalcade - archaism
• animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox) ［みさき］

expression / noun:

• Day of the Rat (esp. the first Day of the Rat in the New Year)
• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots - abbreviation ➜ 子の日の遊び
• pine shoot pulled out in such a manner ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness

noun / ~する noun:

• consciousness
• becoming aware (of); awareness; sense
• mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information) - Buddhism term

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term
• The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern) ［さんぞん］ ➜ 三尊天井
• the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher

noun:

• word - archaism
• waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka) ➜ 和歌

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

expression:

• How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom

adverb:

• anywhere; for all time; to the ends of the earth
• through thick and thin; come hell or high water; to the bitter end; to the utmost
• persistently; stubbornly
• in all respects; on every point
• thoroughly; exhaustively

noun:

• heartburn ➜ 虫唾が走る
• strong sense of disgust

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

noun:

• offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice - Buddhism term
• twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) ➜ 臈

adverb:

• bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) - onomatopoeia
• doing something at a mad pace (spend money, work)