noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

noun:

• "goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period

noun / ~する noun:

• spinning of cocoons; silkworm's last sleep; transformation to the pupa stage

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

noun:

• entering the priesthood; priest; monk - Buddhism term
• man with a shaven head
• bald-headed monster

noun:

• orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)

noun:

• observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery

noun:

• Xiongnu; ancient Central Asian nomadic people often associated with the Huns ➜ フン族

noun:

• pit of the stomach; solar plexus
• place where water falls ［水落・水落ち］

adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

noun:

• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - four character idiom

noun:

• New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

noun:

• grapple; scuffle; fight
• defeating one's enemy on the battlefield

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun / ~する noun:

• crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

• portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing clothes, etc. by placing them under the bedding while one sleeps

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun:

• edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

noun:

• comical (story, song); comic
• the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.)
• something laughable