noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way

noun:

• texture; "grain" of a fabric or cloth; direction of the loom or weave in a roll of fabric

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

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

noun:

• rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神送り

noun:

• Engen era (of the Southern Court) (1336.2.29-1340.4.28)

noun:

• Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)

noun:

• Kōwa era (of the Southern Court) (1381.2.10-1384.4.28)

noun:

• Genchū era (of the Southern Court) (1384.4.28-1392.10.5)

noun:

• Kōei era (of the Northern Court) (1342.4.27-1345.10.21)

noun:

• Kōan era (of the Northern Court) (1361.3.29-1362.9.23)

noun:

• Eiwa era (of the Northern Court) (1375.2.27-1379.3.22)

noun:

• Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court) (1379.3.22-1381.2.24)

noun:

• Shitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1384.2.27-1387.8.23)

noun:

• Kōō era (of the Northern Court) (1389.2.9-1390.3.26)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す

noun:

• side wheel throw (judo)

expression / noun:

• doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

noun:

• meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping - Sumo term
• meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

noun:

• Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) - obscure term ➜ 南北朝時代