noun:

• investing of an official appointed by the Emperor

noun:

• pulling out by the roots; pulling up roots and all

~の noun:

• native born; true born ➜ 生え抜き

noun:

• decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi - obscure term ➜ 忘れ緒

noun:

• person who craves the limelight

noun:

• female servant who works in the kitchen ➜ 水仕事

noun:

• the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives

noun:

• realm of the dead; hell

noun:

• confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized ➜ カステラ・ボーロ・コンペイトー

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to enjoy oneself to the full

noun / ~する noun:

• maintaining the status quo

noun:

• type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period) ➜ 歌垣

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to grasp at the air

noun:

• thawing of the ground in spring - archaism

noun:

• one of the 64 trigrams

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• every hour on the hour - usu. as 毎正時に

noun:

• floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased

noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• going on the market; placing on the market

noun:

• the fifth

noun:

• an event held on the night after the last day of some festival (school festival) often bonfire & dancing ➜ 学園祭

noun:

• the United Kingdom

noun:

• Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

expression:

• by the way; incidentally

adverb:

• sometimes; occasionally

noun:

• putting on the tsuna - Sumo term ➜ 綱【つな】

expression:

• man is the crown of creation - proverb