noun:

• la; 6th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar - four character idiom

noun:

• the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person) - four character idiom

noun:

• adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear ➜ 臨機応変

noun / ~の noun:

• hot water or liquid (especially that below the surface of the earth)

noun:

• rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes

noun:

• pilgrimage of the Saigoku-Sanjūsansho (33 temples in the Kinki region) ➜ 西国三十三所

noun:

• Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible) - obscure term ➜ コリント人への手紙

noun:

• Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)

noun:

• equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

expression:

• he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin - proverb

expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun:

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

noun:

• revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• Carcharhinus (the type genus of the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

noun:

• period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform ➜ 大化の改新

noun:

• pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 七殿・十七殿

noun:

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

noun:

• backmarker (competitor at the tail of the field, likely to be lapped)

noun:

• divination that predicts the events of the whole year (esp. concerning crops) ➜ 年見

noun:

• internal sense ➜ 外官【がいかん】
• public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 外官【げかん】

noun:

• Struthioniformes; order comprising the ratites (sometimes spec. only the ostriches)

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased