noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

noun:

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

expression:

• that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

noun:

• the five sense organs

noun / adjectival noun:

• the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned - four character idiom

noun:

• the five brights (high-scoring combination in hanafuda); the five light cards; the five hikari cards ➜ 花札

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus ➜ 地謡座

noun:

• sound of the autumn wind; sound of the fall wind

noun:

• bones of the feet - obscure term
• the strength of one's feet

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) - at sentence-end ➜ もがな
• emphatic particle - at sentence-end - colloquialism
• particle adding uncertainty - often associated with an interrogative

noun:

• one's luck with the opposite sex ➜ 結婚運

noun:

• the national boundaries

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 京間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 京間

noun:

• first fish of the year - obscure term

expression / noun:

• pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

noun:

• chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong

noun:

• publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas) - slang ➜ ねた

noun:

• Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol - Buddhism term

noun:

• the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節・明治節

expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

noun:

• remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to buy the whole lot; to buy in bulk

noun:

• root of the nose - Anatomy term
• nose; sense of smell - Buddhism term ➜ 六根

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 上方狂言