noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

noun:

• young woman who uses the first person pronoun "boku" - manga slang ➜ オレっ娘

noun:

• the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand

noun:

• sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
• God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
• ascension (into heaven)

noun:

• the emperor's person
• the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist; Holy Communion

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

noun:

• a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one - four character idiom

noun:

• small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom

noun:

• young of sardines; whitebait
• fry of the Japanese anchovy, eel, etc. ➜ 片口鰯・真鰯・鰻

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - abbreviation - From English "flying get" ➜ フライングゲット

noun:

• pushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt - Sumo term

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

expression:

• even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb

noun:

• rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many - four character idiom

noun:

• side door; side gate; wicket gate

noun:

• side gate; wicket gate; side door

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)

noun:

• highly virtuous monk
• monk - honorific language
• Buddhist solitary
• Buddhist missionary ➜ 高野聖
• saint (i.e. a virtuous person)
• emperor - archaism - honorific language
• master; expert - in form 〜の聖

noun:

• clouds appearing before the wind starts to blow
• winds and clouds - esp. かぜくも ➜ 風雲【ふううん】