noun:

• yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima) ➜ 毛深雀蜂【けぶかすずめばち】

noun:

• thorn; spine; prickle
• splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone)
• biting words

noun:

• naked tribe; tribe or group that habitually goes naked
• nudist; nudism ➜ ヌーディズム
• being habitually undressed at home or in hotel rooms etc. (e.g. dressed in underwear) - slang

noun:

• first night; first watch of the night; bridal night

noun:

• gate of the imperial palace; imperial court; imperial palace

noun:

• Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15) ➜ 山王権現
• Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 迷い箸

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸

noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

noun:

• bread roll filled with anko
• paint thinner placed inside a bag used as a drug

noun:

• post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern - four character idiom

noun:

• fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

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:

• 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:

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