noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命【おおくにぬしのみこと】

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

noun:

• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

noun:

• meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb - pun on 名言 - humorous term ➜ 名言

noun:

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

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

expression / noun / adjectival noun:

• real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own) - the いい is ironic

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

noun:

• wand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)

adjectival noun / noun:

• very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face) ➜ 真っ赤【まっか】

adjectival noun:

• downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter ➜ 真っ赤【まっか】

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• flower shower; throwing flower petals over the bride and groom after exchanging of vows

noun:

• gas pedal; pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet

noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

noun:

• end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
• beginning; start; first
• odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

noun:

• fool; idiot
• trivial matter; folly; absurdity

adjectival noun:

• foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous

noun:

• Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell) - abbreviation ➜ 馬鹿貝

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique ➜ 斜
• distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry

noun:

• navel; belly button
• protrusion or depression in the middle of an object ［へそ・ヘソ］
• center; centre; most important part; main point