[しゅっしん, shusshin] (n, adj-no) (1) person's origin (town, city, country, etc.); (2) institution from which one graduated; (3) director in charge of employee relations; (P) #155
[おざしき, ozashiki] (n) (1) (pol) (See 座敷・1) tatami room; (2) gathering (to which one has been invited to perform as a geisha, etc.)
[doreka] (n) (1) which one; (2) one of; any of
[スーパーボールすくい, su-pa-bo-ru sukui] (n) (uk) (See 金魚掬い) SuperBall scooping; festival game in which one scoops up rubber bouncy balls floating in water
[ひとりぶたい, hitoributai] (n) performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
[どちら(P);どっち(P);いずかた;いずち;どち(ok);いずし(ok);なにざま(ok), dochira (P); docchi (P); izukata ; izuchi ; dochi (ok); izushi (ok); nanizama (ok)] (n) (1) (uk) (どちら is polite) (See 此方・こちら・1, 其方・1, 彼方・あちら・1) which way; which direction; where; (2) which one (esp. of two alternatives); (3) (See どちら様) who; (P)
[きゃくど;かくど, kyakudo ; kakudo] (n) land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil
[けいせい, keisei] (n) kanji in which one element suggests the meaning, the other the pronunciation
[きめがお, kimegao] (n) (See キメ顔) the facial expression and orientation which one presents to the camera when being photographed
[けっこんねんれい, kekkonnenrei] (n) age at marriage; age at which one marries
[けんかだい, kenkadai] (n) stand, table or altar on which one places donated flowers
[こしかけだい, koshikakedai] (n) (See 腰掛け) bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on
[さんぞくのつみ, sanzokunotsumi] (n) (obsc) (See 三族) crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types
[じとう, jitou] (n) the political party to which one belongs
[ゆきころがし, yukikorogashi] (n) game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow
[しかんたざ, shikantaza] (n) shikantaza (zazen meditation in which one focuses on sitting without actively seeking enlightenment)
[どくだんじょう, dokudanjou] (n) (word borne of confusion between the kanji 擅 and 壇) (See 独擅場) field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
[どくせんじょう, dokusenjou] (n) field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
[はんめんきょうし, hanmenkyoushi] (n) bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
[ふぐうじだい, fuguujidai] (n) one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
[ほうざ, houza] (n) (1) dharma seat (seat from which one gives Buddhist sermons); (2) Buddhist religious service
[まよいばし, mayoibashi] (n) (See 惑い箸) hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)
[おどりやたい, odoriyatai] (n) float at a festival upon which one can dance
[まどいばし, madoibashi] (n) (See 迷い箸) hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)