noun:

• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten - abbreviation ➜ 認定こども園

interjection:

• good-bye; see you later; bye-bye - Hokkaidō dialect

conjunction:

• then; and then; and; if so; because then - Hokkaidō dialect ➜ そうしたら

noun:

• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry; Gray's chokecherry

noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

expression:

• the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term

temporal noun:

• New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings

expression:

• Oh yeah; Of course it is so; Cheer up, that's average; It happens; It's possible; Don't worry, it happens

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to fall over
• to turn out; to play out ［ころぶ］ - oft. as どう転んでも
• to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize ［ころぶ］ - in early Japanese Christianity
• to roll; to tumble ➜ ころがる
• (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret - archaism

adverb:

• earnestly; intently; determinedly; by all means - archaism
• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - archaism ➜ 一体全体【いったいぜんたい】

noun:

• secret of nature; profound secret
• disposition; character; nature
• emperor's health; emperor's well-being

expression:

• red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - proverb

noun:

• Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt

noun:

• voice
• singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot
• voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will
• sound
• sense (of something's arrival); feeling - usu. as ～の声を聞く
• voice; voiced sound - Linguistics term

noun:

• large cut (e.g. of meat) ［大切り・大切］
• last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun:

• New Year's Day - colloquialism ➜ 元日
• New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to think about; to take into consideration
• to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something)
• to intend; to decide (to do); to plan
• to come up with; to devise; to scheme
• to predict; to anticipate; to expect
• to suspect; to doubt
• to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

noun:

• light and shade; shade (of colour, color)
• depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height

noun:

• small chrysanthemum
• small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
• paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term

noun:

• tall, lanky person; bean pole

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• tall and thin; tall and lanky

noun:

• a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana - Buddhism term