noun:

• the dead of night; praying all night in a shrine or temple

expression:

• the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• essentially the same with only minor differences - four character idiom

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

noun:

• Number of the Beast (i.e. 666)

noun:

• anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era - four character idiom

noun:

• Epistle to the Philippians (book of the Bible)

noun / ~する noun:

• change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change

noun / ~の noun:

• vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks

noun:

• song in the style of the Heikyoku ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

noun:

• twenty-fifth day of the month
• twenty-five days

noun / ~する noun:

• concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects

noun:

• royalty seeking refuge outside the palace or capital during an emergency - archaism

noun:

• traveling inspectors sent by the Shogun in the Edo period

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to cut off the retreat

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have the memory of having done something oneself ➜ 身に覚えのある

noun:

• chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)

noun:

• air plant (Tillandsia)

adverbial noun / noun:

• tenth month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets

~の noun / noun:

• related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 無縁【むえん】
• related; relevant Antonym: 無縁【むえん】

noun:

• anniversary of the death of an emperor or empress

expression:

• continued luck in the fortunes of war - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to sweep away the stresses of the day; to unwind; to refresh the mind