noun:

• kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period - four character idiom

noun:

• the Sabbath; the Lord's Day

noun:

• cycle; period

noun:

• daytime work; day shift - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• in the end; at the end of the day

noun:

• late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year ➜ 二百十日・二百二十日・台風
• name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari

noun:

• building time; construction period

noun:

• one term; one period
• first term; first period

noun:

• writing life; period of life spent writing

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

noun:

• yusoku cuisine; banquet cuisine based on that of Heian period nobility - Food term ➜ 本膳料理

expression:

• daily; day by day

noun / ~の noun:

• spring term (e.g. school); spring period

noun:

• dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior - four character idiom

adverbial noun / noun:

• within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

proper noun:

• Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935) ➜ 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】

noun:

• menstrual pain; period pain

noun:

• whole term; entire period

noun:

• half-holiday; taking half of the day off

noun:

• lussekatt; Scandinavian saffron bun traditionally eaten on St Lucy's Day - From Swedish

noun:

• waning gibbous moon; moon of the 19th day of the lunar month ➜ 臥待月

noun:

• silent time; silence period - IT term

noun:

• adjournment sine die; adjournment for an indefinite period

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】