noun:

• Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji) ➜ 味噌

noun:

• daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors - walking, standing, sitting and lying [literal] - four character idiom

expression:

• a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

noun:

• blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

noun:

• holiday; anniversary; memorial day

noun:

• ages; long time; decade; the past ten years

noun:

• ukiyoe; ukiyo-e; Edo period woodblock print

noun:

• fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample
• allegiance test; loyalty test - idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• half-term; half-time; half period

noun:

• last spurt; home stretch; last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort

noun:

• expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

noun:

• idle time; down time; window period

noun:

• test process; test stage; test period - IT term

noun:

• family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

noun:

• Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
• Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

noun:

• Man'yōshū; 8th century anthology of Japanese poetry; Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves [literal]

noun:

• upturn; increment phase; rise period

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

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

noun:

• inn; tavern; hatago; Edo period lodging for travellers ➜ 旅籠屋
• basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies
• basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder - orig. meaning

expression / noun:

• modern times; the modern age; this day and age