noun:

• uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court) ➜ 氏【うじ】・姓【かばね】

noun:

• governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

noun:

• the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)

noun:

• plot (of a story)

noun / ~する noun:

• plotting (a graph)

noun:

• remnants of a party or a gang

noun:

• a gold mine; a provider of funds

noun:

• a person of high morals; a Taoist

noun:

• admissibility of a party (to a suit)

noun / ~する noun:

• enrolment of a child in a kindergarten

noun:

• young imperial prince
• child of the imperial family
• shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine ➜ 本宮
• newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred) ➜ 勧請

expression:

• too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb

noun:

• better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (husband and wife) earning a living together

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay - onomatopoeia

noun:

• a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard

noun:

• cross between a mallard and domestic duck

noun:

• governing a nation and providing relief to people - four character idiom

noun:

• red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner - four character idiom

noun:

• (a line, queue) being long and serpentine - four character idiom

noun:

• saving a nation and providing relief to people - four character idiom

noun:

• governing a nation and providing relief to people - four character idiom

noun:

• fold and blindstitch a pleat or folded edge

noun:

• dinner and drinks served after a wake

noun / ~の noun:

• within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal