noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命【おおくにぬしのみこと】

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb - pun on 名言 - humorous term ➜ 名言

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki

noun:

• tyre chains; anti-skid device
• backup measure; taking entrance examination to a university in case one fails at other universities

noun:

• shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hit; to beat
• to shout at

noun:

• orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

noun:

• every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

expression / ~の noun:

• as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

expression / adverb:

• well; properly; suitably
• best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do
• just like ...; as though one were ... - as ...よろしく
• by all means; of course - as よろしく…べし

expression:

• experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught [literal]

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

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at

adverb / ~の noun:

• one by one; one each; one at a time ➜ ずつ

expression:

• barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house ➜ 門違い

expression / ichidan verb:

• to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back at; to retort - idiom

noun:

• confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home

noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom