noun:

• homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• unveiling a Buddhist image
• gambling
• revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden

noun:

• scion; cion; (horticultural) graft
• opportunity to continue a conversation

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:

• ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred) ➜ 浮遊霊

noun:

• melody or flushing sound played by a Japanese toilet to mask excretion sounds

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

noun:

• staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

noun:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 駄目で元々

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full) - archaism

noun:

• kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove - obscure term

noun:

• peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish) - archaism ➜ 鯤

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• explosive boil (after a liquid has been heated to its boiling point); bumping

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

noun:

• reading a text from start to finish
• transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese ➜ よみくだす

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)