noun:

• true dharma; true teachings of Buddha - Buddhism term
• period of the True Law

noun:

• steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot - 井籠 (rarely 井篭) refers to a square basket
• soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

noun / ~する noun:

• not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom

noun:

• daytime
• position of the sun

ichidan verb:

• to have become worn
• to be used to the ways of the world

noun / ~する noun:

• successful substitution - usu. in the negative
• change for the better

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bud; to sprout; to germinate
• to have luck on one's side; to get lucky ➜ 目が出る

noun:

• keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life
• keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

noun:

• dialect
• language of the common people; colloquial language; slang

godan ~す verb:

• to adorn oneself; to dress oneself up

auxiliary verb:

• to give an air of; to make oneself seem like

noun:

• Kyoto's children ➜ 京童
• Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext ➜ 京童

noun:

• chocolate-vine (Akebia quinata); fiveleaf; fiveleaf akebia
• fruit of the akebia - Food term

noun:

• stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter
• behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

noun:

• prisoner; captive; prisoner of war
• Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods ➜ えみし

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

noun:

• harvesting rice while it is still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date ➜ 青田買い【あおたがい】

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
• paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】

noun:

• loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
• inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system) ➜ 判官【はんがん】・弾正台

noun:

• assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.) - Buddhism term
• (monks and laity of) the Jishu sect - Buddhism term ➜ 時宗

noun:

• former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.) - honorific language
• posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in" ➜ 院

noun:

• taking turns
• relieving the guard

noun:

• sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet)
• moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise) - Sumo term

adverbial noun / noun:

• late winter
• twelfth month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term ➜ 師走