[おなじ(P);おんなじ, onaji (P); onnaji] (adj-f, n) (1) same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (adv) (2) (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case; (P) #262
[はこ(P);こう(匣), hako (P); kou ( kou )] (n) (1) box; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (arch) (See 箱屋) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (5) (arch) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (P) #3163
[じょう, jou] (suf) (1) (nth) power; (ctr) (2) counter for vehicles; (n) (3) multiplication; (4) { Buddh } Buddha's teachings #5329
[じょうず(P);じょうて;じょうしゅ, jouzu (P); joute ; joushu] (adj-na, n) (1) upper part; (n) (2) (かみて only) upper stream; upper course of a river; (3) (かみて only) right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); (adj-na, n) (4) (うわて only) skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons); (n) (5) (うわて only) over-arm grip on opponent's belt (sumo) #10556
[こんごう, kongou] (n) (1) vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; (2) thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth #10710
[ねえさん(P);あねさん, neesan (P); anesan] (n) (1) (hon) (usu. 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. 姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. 姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P) #11025
[へた, heta] (n) (1) lower part; foot; lower direction; (2) left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV) #11812
[たいじ, taiji] (n, vs) (1) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression; (2) { Buddh } making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; (3) curing illness; (P) #13146
[ごくらく, gokuraku] (n) (1) { Buddh } (See 阿弥陀) Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); (2) paradise; (P) #18089
[jaa (P); ja (P)] (conj, int) (1) (See では) then; well; so; well then; (2) (See で・1, で・2, で・3, で・4, は) combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; (aux) (3) (じゃ only) (ksb #18314
[あだん, adan] (n) { ling } (See 五十音) 'a' row
[おねえさん, oneesan] (n) (1) (hon) (usu. お姉さん) (See 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. お姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. お姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P)
[おしゃかさまのたんじょうび, oshakasamanotanjoubi] (exp) Buddha's birthday
[haatsu ; ha-tsu ; ha-tsu] (int) (acknowledging a superior) (See はい・1) Yes sir; Yes ma'am
[らぬき, ranuki] (n) (abbr) (See ら抜き言葉) 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation
[らぬきことば, ranukikotoba] (n) 'ra'-removed word (i.e. lacking the 'ra' in the 'rareru' verb conjunction)
[アホげ, aho ge] (n) (1) (m-sl) (See 寝癖) long spike (or 'antenna') of hair, may do tricks (seen in anime and manga); (2) frizz; short tufts springing up from hair surface here and there
[amerikazukappure-su] (n) America's Cup race
[arukaida ; aruka-ida ; arukai-da] (n) Al Qaeda; al-Qaeda; Al Qaida; al-Qaida; al-Qa'idah
[アンナはちどり;アンナハチドリ, anna hachidori ; annahachidori] (n) (uk) Anna's woodpecker (Calypte anna)
[ogopogo] (n) Ogopogo (lake monster reported to live in Canada's Lake Okanagan)
[クレオパトラのはな, kureopatora nohana] (exp, n) Cleopatra's nose; a small thing with a huge influence
[harijan] (n) (See 不可触民) Harijan (member of India's untouchable caste)
[バースとう(バース党);バアスとう(バアス党), ba-su tou ( ba-su tou ); baasu tou ( baasu tou )] (n) Baath Party; Ba'ath Party
[bahai] (n) (1) Baha'i; (2) the Baha'i faith; (3) a member of the Baha'i faith
[パンドラのはこ, pandora nohako] (n) Pandora's box
[monki-banana] (n) monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita') (wasei
[montsukibera] (n) Diana's hogfish (Bodianus diana); Bodianus dictynna (separate species from B. diana since 2006)
[あくにんしょうき, akuninshouki] (exp) The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven
[えちぜんくらげ, echizenkurage] (n) (uk) Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
[おうえ, oue] (n) (1) yellow clothes; (2) Lama's clothes (e.g. Dalai Lama)
[はなくよう, hanakuyou] (n) commemoration of the Buddha's birthday
[はなまつり, hanamatsuri] (n) Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th)
[かるら, karura] (n) Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)
[ありじごく, arijigoku] (n) (1) ant lion larva; doodlebug; (2) ant lion larva's pit
[ごくらくじょうど, gokurakujoudo] (n) { Buddh } (See 阿弥陀) Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)
[たまてばこ, tamatebako] (n) (1) treasure chest (in the story of Urashima Taro); Urashima's casket; Pandora's box; (2) important secret that is not easily revealed to others
[えにしだ;エニシダ, enishida ; enishida] (n) (uk) (orig. from Spanish 'hiniesta') common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia); Scotch broom; English broom
[くほん;ここのしな, kuhon ; kokonoshina] (n) (1) (abbr) { Buddh } (See 浄土) nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; (2) (くほん only) (See 九品浄土) Amitabha's Pure Land; (3) (くほん only) (See 九品蓮台) nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
[くほんじょうど, kuhonjoudo] (n) (obsc) (See 極楽浄土) Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
[くほんれんだい, kuhonrendai] (n) { Buddh } nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
[みるめかぐはな, mirumekaguhana] (exp) (1) (See 閻魔) Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead); (2) (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye
[やりにげ, yarinige] (n) (sl) (vulg) having sex with a woman and then breaking off contact with her (esp. after telling her that you love her); wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck
[ごじきょう, gojikyou] (n) { Buddh } (See 五時八教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the Tendai sect)
[ごじはっきょう, gojihakkyou] (n) { Buddh } (See 五時教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)
[おかっぱ, okappa] (n) (uk) (See 河童) bobbed hair (from resemblance to the mythical Kappa's hair style)
[ぐぜい, guzei] (n) Buddha's great vows
[さんみつ, sanmitsu] (n) { Buddh } three mysteries (Buddha's body, speech and mind)
[ししゅせい, shishusei] (n) (obsc) (See ヴァルナ) varna (each of India's four castes)
[しきき, shikiki] (n) anniversary of Shiki Masaoka's death (September 19th)