noun:

• lamps lit at night in spring

noun / ~する noun:

• scoring the first point; winning the first game ［せんしょう］

noun:

• lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon ➜ 六曜

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

adjective:

• light; well-lit; well-lighted
• bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored
• cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
• encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects
• familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) - as 〜に明るい
• fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

noun:

• Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

expression:

• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

expression:

• the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb

expression:

• the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
• the more, the better - proverb

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

conjunction:

• if so; if it be so; in that case; then ➜ 然らば【さらば】

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

expression:

• the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

noun:

• the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• person in the same business; the profession; the trade