noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

noun:

• 15th day of the 8th lunar month - usu. 中秋
• eighth month of the lunar calendar ［なかあき］ - obsolete term ➜ 葉月

noun / ~する noun:

• scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit - four character idiom

noun:

• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications)

noun:

• giant purple butterfly (species of nymphalid butterfly, Sasakia charonda)
• Rhododendron oomurasaki (species of purple azalea)

noun:

• certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage; certification of one's legal capacity to be married

noun:

• burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

expression:

• as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに

noun:

• Socialist Party of Japan (until 1996, became the Social Democratic Party of Japan from 1996) ➜ 社会民主党【しゃかいみんしゅとう】

noun:

• obstructing the discharge of official duties; hindering a government official in the execution of his duties

noun:

• Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods

noun:

• installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine

noun:

• strength; power; proficiency; ability

suffix noun:

• the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men - after a number of people

adverb / ~の noun:

• some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

noun:

• brightness of snow; reflected light of snow; (by) snow light

noun:

• sense of the trend of the times; sensitivity to the changing times - four character idiom ➜ 時世感覚

noun:

• Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead) - honorific language - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

yodan ~く verb (archaic):

• to lean (esp. of a ripe ear of rice); to incline; to slant; to tilt - archaism
• to behave oddly; to attire oneself strangely - archaism
• to perform kabuki - archaism ➜ 歌舞伎【かぶき】

adverb / ~する noun:

• cool sensation from passing air; cool and refreshing (aftertaste) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sound of air leaking; sound of a sleeper's breath

noun:

• frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.)
• scene
• time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

noun:

• defence of Buddhist doctrines; god who defends Buddhist doctrines - Buddhism term
• defence of the constitution
• religious power to dispel demons and diseases

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly - idiom

noun:

• business center of a city (centre)
• business center of a hotel (providing fax & copy services, etc.)

noun:

• Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen)
• calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period

noun:

• confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard) - abbreviation ➜ 金鍔焼き
• metal sword guard; polearm - archaism