noun:

• stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• (watching) vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon; with an eagle eye - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

noun / ~する noun:

• leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding
• instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism - Buddhism term
• advocacy ➜ 唱道

noun / ~する noun:

• accretion of snow (on power lines, tree branches, etc.); snow sticking to surfaces

noun:

• right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)

noun:

• log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole

noun:

• game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

noun:

• good match; suitable candidate (for marriage)
• good opportunity to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term

adjectival noun:

• overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

noun:

• warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

noun:

• approach (to a castle gate)
• front of a structural member ➜ 見込み【みこみ】

noun:

• pages (in a book) out of order due to an error in binding

noun:

• overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object

noun / ~する noun:

• burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

noun:

• ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities

noun:

• grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2 - Sumo term

noun:

• having an eye to the big picture; being aware of the general situation - four character idiom

noun:

• college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch - four character idiom

noun:

• meeting convened to discuss issues; planning conference; review meeting; feedback session; investigative commission

noun / ~の noun:

• what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale - four character idiom