noun:

• light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead; ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows) - from 白毫相光 - abbreviation

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

noun:

• youth
• child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)

prefix noun / suffix noun:

• young; new

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom ➜ 峠を越す
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

adverbial noun / noun:

• in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst

noun:

• House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

noun:

• House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

noun:

• House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 参議院

noun:

• House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 衆議院

noun:

• regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors) ➜ 参議院

noun / ~の noun:

• ataxia; loss of coordination of the muscles; failure of muscular coordination

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［でばな・出鼻］
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
• outset; start; beginning

noun / ~の noun:

• position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
• aspect of an affair; situation

expression:

• agency of fate; power of fate
• La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny

noun:

• number of blows (used in measuring the bpm of an air hammer, etc.)
• (number of) at bats - Baseball term ➜ 打数

noun / ~する noun:

• making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork
• digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter

noun:

• dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward) ➜ 夜明け

noun:

• widow's peak; hairline that grows to a point in the middle of the forehead

noun:

• ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

noun:

• harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony - four character idiom

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン