noun:

• dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水争い

noun:

• ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

expression:

• by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends (Mencius) - four character idiom

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

expression / noun:

• the strong overwhelming the weak; completing various things without difficulty; Mt. Tai crushes an egg [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

expression:

• (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

expression:

• sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child - proverb

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

expression:

• as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me") ➜ 儘【まま】・儘【まま】

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way
• to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

numeric:

• 108; one hundred and eight

noun:

• the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩
• the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year ➜ 七十二候・節気

noun:

• being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is - four character idiom

noun:

• proportion of forested land; proportion of land which is forested

intransitive verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to go; to come - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる
• to be - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる

auxiliary verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• is (doing); are (doing) - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる

intransitive verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to be - after で - polite language - archaism ➜ ござる

adverb:

• just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now - when urging or consoling
• tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
• well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... - when hesitating to express an opinion

interjection:

• oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens! - female language

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

• immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
• winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the Philippines; moving to the Philippines; migration to the Philippines

noun:

• floor
• stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
• dining platform built across a river