noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

adverb:

• between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves ➜ 波間【なみま】

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

noun:

• Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)

noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

noun:

• paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

noun:

• hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing

noun:

• carry - IT term

noun:

• Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration) ➜ ポツダム宣言

noun:

• days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) ➜ 天一神・癸巳・戊申

expression:

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

noun:

• display; array (of things); succession (of things) - From English "on parade"

noun:

• shoulder bag

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to say (something) over one's shoulder

noun:

• (balance) scales
• shoulder carrying pole
• steelyard

noun:

• shoulder roast (e.g. of lamb)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge ➜ 妻入り

noun:

• upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play ➜ 仕手

suffix:

• taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.)
• similar to ...
• dependent on ...; reliant on ...
• while ...; when ...; in the midst of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun / ~する noun:

• being on stage when the curtain opens

noun:

• wooden floor; wooden-floored room
• thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board ➜ 板焼き

adverb / noun:

• the deepest bottom of the earth; never; not ... at all; on no account; for all the world; till doomsday

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to nuzzle against (e.g. dog nosing a person)
• to lay the blame on ［なすりつける］
• to strike (a match) ［すりつける・こすりつける］

noun / ~する noun:

• varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) - Buddhism term

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)