noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

noun:

• comparing autumn leaves to a garment
• layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching the winning post; reaching the finish; making the goal - From English "goal in"
• getting married - colloquialism

adverbial noun / noun:

• all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period - Shintō term

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• ship of the dead which appears if you go fishing the night of the Bon festival ➜ お盆

noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• lingering snow
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun:

• tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday - abbreviation ➜ 振替休日【ふりかえきゅうじつ】

noun:

• pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out
• forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators)
• overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead

noun:

• fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength
• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth ➜ 汁の餅
• mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday

noun:

• memorial service; temple service - Buddhism term
• (Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month)

noun:

• the text; the main clause; the main part of a document - Linguistics term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

noun:

• stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people - four character idiom

noun:

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess - four character idiom

noun:

• The Nonpareil Kitchen; The Kitchen of the Nation (nickname for Osaka)

noun:

• carpal (any of the bones of the carpus in the wrist)

noun:

• the kalpa of formation (the first aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫