noun:

• plane of the ecliptic

adverb:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)

noun:

• ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple) ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• serving food; food served ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• begging; beggar - archaism

noun:

• kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical - e.g. 道, 起

expression:

• The young should be regarded with respect - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist image in the open ➜ 濡れ仏

noun:

• corner of the eye

noun:

• economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 - From English "Lehman Shock"

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:

• younger members of the group - abbreviation - From English "coming century"

noun:

• outing to the fields and mountains

noun:

• the sun - children's language

noun:

• saving the world; promoting national welfare

noun:

• the Japanese islands

noun:

• literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women

prefix:

• the following; next

noun / ~の noun:

• the same amount

noun:

• 20th of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

expression / adjective:

• dark even in the daytime

noun:

• flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image - Buddhism term

noun:

• half the amount

noun:

• eyes of the night
• eyes asleep; at night ➜ 夜の目も寝ない

noun:

• rays of the rising sun