noun:

• closest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun:

• middle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun:

• furthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun / ~する noun:

• working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help - four character idiom

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to take measures (in face of events being anticipated)
• to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain
• to clap one's hands together

noun:

• leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock) ➜ っぱなし

adjectival noun / noun:

• profit; advantage; benefit; gain - also written as 徳
• rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana - Buddhism term

noun:

• regular position (e.g. in sports team); normal position
• revealing a card in the upright position (tarot, etc.)

noun:

• trial decision; decision by a court; judgment from a trial

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to move forward; to move on

noun / ~する noun:

• passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit
• passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage
• passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

noun:

• general election (of all members of a local government body) ➜ 地方公共団体

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅

noun:

• holding a job; being employed ［ゆうしょく］ Antonym: 無職
• being learned; being knowledgeable - archaism
• having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer - archaism
• being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households - archaism

noun:

• jigo; go game resulting in a tie or a draw

noun:

• peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• taking a relaxed holiday in a rural area - From English "green tourism"

noun:

• in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards

noun / ~する noun:

• chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go ➜ 一気に飲む

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath
• to take a rest; to take a break

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神