noun:

• ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to stray from the path of righteousness - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments ➜ 尻からげ

noun:

• spirit of defiance of the opposition party; anti-establishment mindset

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

noun:

• summit of a peak - obscure term

expression:

• passage of time; perceived time; relative time

noun:

• generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward) ➜ ゆとり教育【ゆとりきょういく】

noun:

• person left in charge of one's belongings

noun:

• middle of the night; dead of night; midnight

noun:

• tip of tongue

noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

noun:

• right of exclusive possession

noun:

• ceremony of installing a Crown Prince

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

noun:

• the history of Wei

noun:

• high priest of a great shrine

noun:

• letter of pardon

noun:

• subordinate of a hired thief-taker (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 岡っ引き

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• practitioner of austerities - Buddhism term

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

expression:

• (in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one) - four character idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extending over a number of years - obscure term