noun:

• governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

expression:

• what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...

conjunction:

• because; the reason being - archaism
• while; during

adverb:

• to the extent that; more and more ➜ 程

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 本社

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 奥社

noun:

• tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• Ogosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)

noun:

• the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness) - Buddhism term

noun:

• pit; hole - archaism
• kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

noun:

• assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness) - archaism - Buddhism term ➜ 五蘊

noun:

• sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)

noun:

• haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush

noun:

• consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿闍梨

noun:

• General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom - obscure term ➜ 猿袴

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• Lemuriformes; infraorder containing the lemurs (and sometimes the lorises and galagos)

noun:

• divine grace; divine protection; boon from the gods (or the emperor, etc.) - archaism - honorific language

adjective:

• having the smell of having been dried in the sun
• provincial; rural; unrefined

noun:

• Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)

noun:

• reflation; stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes ➜ リフレーション

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on