noun:

• mochi offered when drawing the first water of the year ➜ 若水

noun:

• prostitute of the second rank (below the taiyu) (Edo period) ➜ 太夫

noun:

• provincial governor (from the middle of the Heian period)

noun:

• martial art based on the use of the iron fan ➜ 鉄扇

noun:

• washing clothes at night (during the height of the summer)

noun:

• schooner style ship built at the end of the Shogunate

noun:

• Mahavairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world) - Buddhism term

noun:

• westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox

noun:

• southerly wind blowing at the start of the rainy season

noun:

• cut of meat comprising the plate and the flank

noun:

• Ryukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the shogun ➜ 謝恩使

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting a sacred flame by the light of the Sun

noun:

• the part of a province furthest from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の中

noun:

• ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival) ➜ 魂祭り【たままつり】・盂蘭盆

adjectival noun / noun:

• chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
• considerate; understanding; sympathetic

noun / adjectival noun:

• essence; the best; the cream ［すい］

noun:

• chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
• ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客

noun / ~する noun:

• sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
• special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
• kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism

noun:

• last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usually February 3 or 4); holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony)
• last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar) - original meaning

expression:

• kome hyappyo; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; hundred sacks of rice [literal] - idiom

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

expression / noun:

• being kept in the dark (about); being excluded; being kept out of the loop; outside the mosquito net [literal] - idiom

noun:

• kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical - e.g. 道, 起

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on ➜ 主眼