noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

noun:

• type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)

noun:

• divining the year's crop yields from the shape of lingering snow

noun:

• era
• CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)

noun:

• whole year; all year round; throughout the year

adverb:

• always; all the time; perpetually ［ねんじゅう・ねんぢゅう］

noun:

• during an era
• middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) ［ねんちゅう］

noun:

• Enbun era (of the Northern Court) (1356.3.28-1361.3.29)

noun:

• Ōan era (of the Northern Court) (1368.2.18-1375.2.27)

noun:

• Eitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1381.2.24-1384.2.27)

noun:

• ancient language; ancient word
• ancient Japanese language; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period - Linguistics term

noun:

• bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside ➜ 田舎者

particle:

• in one's own way or style ➜ 形【なり】

noun / ~の noun:

• farce; charade

noun:

• person who serves tea
• short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

noun:

• economy of scale; cost saving or benefit from having a larger scale (e.g. of production) - From English "scale merit" ➜ 規模効果

noun:

• traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers ➜ 衣冠・束帯
• crown; diadem; coronet
• top kanji radical ［かんむり］
• first verse of a haikai, etc. ［かむり］ ➜ 俳諧

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• best; peerless; first ［かん］

noun:

• name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc. ［かんむり］

noun / ~する noun:

• extortion of money or goods (e.g. from lower year students); shakedown - slang

noun:

• ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) ➜ 書院造り

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】

expression:

• all those interested (in the matter); all those willing; (from) all of us; (from) everyone concerned - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)

noun:

• first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

noun:

• overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object

expression:

• refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning - four character idiom

noun:

• mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)