noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)

conjunction:

• even if that isn't the case; even though that isn't the case

noun:

• the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom

noun:

• sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
• God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
• ascension (into heaven)

noun:

• the emperor's person
• the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist; Holy Communion

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

adjectival noun / noun:

• sure; certain; positive; definite
• reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact

adverb:

• If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom

noun:

• clouds appearing before the wind starts to blow
• winds and clouds - esp. かぜくも ➜ 風雲【ふううん】

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

noun:

• the people; the masses; the public; the great unwashed

noun:

• waves that remain after the wind has subsided
• after-effect; aftermath ［よは］

noun:

• the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family

noun / ~の noun:

• third rank (in the Japanese court system)

noun:

• trinity (Christianity); the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

noun:

• putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake
• temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

noun:

• Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 ➜ 盂蘭盆
• Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会

particle:

• even
• even if; even though
• because of; on the grounds that