noun:

• foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
• going on foot; walking ［徒・徒歩・歩・歩行］ - archaism ➜ 徒歩

noun:

• true dharma; true teachings of Buddha - Buddhism term
• period of the True Law

expression:

• enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb

noun:

• Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

noun:

• trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work - polite language ➜ 苦労

expression:

• thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts ➜ ご苦労さま

noun:

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

expression:

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

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar

noun:

• samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
• type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

noun:

• bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period) - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• period of grace (e.g. in which merchant vessels are allowed to leave a belligerent nation's port after an outbreak of war) - Law term

noun:

• draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window
• cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to read out; to read aloud; to call out
• to finish reading; to read through

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

noun:

• assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者

expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)
• to pull through; to get over; to survive
• to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to run (of liquid); to spread
• to blur; to blot; to be blurred
• to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
• to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.); to reveal itself

noun:

• (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (from 1926 to 1934) - four character idiom

noun:

• stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)

noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled
• to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

adverb / ~の noun:

• for a while; for some time; for a period

noun:

• painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)
• characters written in a way inspired from that style