noun:

• glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal ➜ 燠【おき】

noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

noun:

• age of the moon; number of days since the new moon
• age in months (esp. of an infant)

noun:

• the heavenly eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼
• rolling back one's eyes during convulsions ［てんがん］ - obscure term

noun:

• women's hairstyle (first appearing during the mid-18th century) - archaism

noun:

• coarse broken tea leaves and buds generated during the sifting process

expression:

• clouds that stand like a mountain peak during the summer

noun:

• twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

noun:

• pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

noun:

• royalty seeking refuge outside the palace or capital during an emergency - archaism

noun:

• viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought
• contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness - Buddhism term

noun:

• Nara period (710-794) ➜ 奈良時代【ならじだい】
• imperial court during Nara period

expression:

• to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge [literal] - proverb

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

noun:

• Land Price LOOK Report; quarterly trend report of the prices of intensively used land in major cities

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

noun:

• act (of a Chinese drama); scene
• paragraph (esp. of an Edo-period novel); passage; section

noun:

• winning by opponent's resignation (in the game of go)

noun:

• the selling of waste land (worthless property) by unscrupulous real-estate developers - four character idiom

noun:

• round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court

noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi) ➜ 五大老

noun:

• houses of the Diet being controlled by different parties; twisted parliament [literal]