noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• articles disposed of or sold off by the government

noun:

• (belief in the desirability of) education by rote learning

noun:

• commentary on the Book of Odes by Zheng Xuan

noun:

• the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

noun:

• eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil - four character idiom

noun:

• light pressure (from the sun) ➜ 光圧

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun:

• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)

noun:

• meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body
• thread of connection; chain of reasoning

auxiliary verb:

• indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
• indicates continuation from the past to the present
• end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work)

noun:

• one paragraph

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

noun:

• staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

noun:

• tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Bird, 5pm-7pm, west, August)

noun:

• seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Horse, 11am-1pm, south, May)

noun:

• first sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)

adverb:

• anybody and everybody; with the best of them; as the next fellow - adv equivalent of 誰も ➜ 誰も

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• out of the common; far above the average; extraordinary; abnormal; unreasonable

noun:

• sashimi arranged in the original shape of the fish ➜ 活け造り