noun:

• night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

expression:

• The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven - four character idiom

noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

noun:

• end (of play, match, etc.); closing
• closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)

noun:

• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets ➜ お目覚

noun:

• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets

noun:

• person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to win every battle (that is fought); to be ever victorious - obscure term

expression:

• love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples [literal] - proverb

expression:

• as is usual with; in common with ➜ 御多分

noun:

• someone whose state is slightly poorer than regular poverty ➜ ビンベスト・貧乏
• 2nd degree poverty

expression:

• a little learning is a dangerous thing - proverb

noun:

• independent city; city that is not part of another local government entity

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ～の... - 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

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

noun:

• imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 内裏
• festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress - polite language ➜ 内裏雛

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month) - Buddhism term

expression:

• the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains

expression:

• one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue - proverb ➜ 物を言う

noun:

• time; hour; moment - 刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time
• occasion; case ［時］
• chance; opportunity; season ［時］
• the times; the age; the day ［時］
• tense ［時］ - Linguistics term

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom