noun:

• eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Dog, 7pm-9pm, west-northwest, September)

noun:

• twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Boar, 9pm-11pm, north-northwest, October)

expression:

• (in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one) - four character idiom

noun:

• ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

noun:

• Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux) - Astronomy term

noun:

• being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged - four character idiom

noun:

• commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

noun:

• welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival) Antonym: 送り火 ➜ お盆

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

noun:

• log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole

noun:

• battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)

noun:

• incorporating the needs of the market into a product - From English "market in"

noun:

• overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object

noun:

• ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities

noun:

• wrestlers with the same win-loss record at the end of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• doh; do; 1st note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• fa; fah; 4th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• soh; so; 5th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• having an eye to the big picture; being aware of the general situation - four character idiom

noun:

• sudden reversal in the tide of events; the situation taking a new turn - four character idiom

expression:

• refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning - four character idiom

noun:

• Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux) - Astronomy term ➜ 南十字星

noun:

• standard days signifying the changing of the seasons (i.e. setsubun, higan, etc.)

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teaching of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi) - obscure term ➜ 宋学

noun:

• aureole (of a Buddhist statue; surrounding the body but not the head); aureola