noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

noun:

• the scruff or nape of the neck

noun:

• the grief or feelings of the Emperor

noun:

• beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar

noun:

• booth or stall set up on the sidewalk in front of a shop or home (esp. food booths at festivals) - Kansai dialect ➜ 床店【とこみせ】・出店【でみせ】

godan ~く verb:

• to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water - archaism
• to force something under the surface of the water

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

expression:

• from the beginning; from scratch

noun:

• man of the future; Homo futurus; time traveler from the future

noun:

• 180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters ➜ 合【ごう】
• 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters ➜ 合【ごう】
• one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top) ➜ 合【ごう】

noun:

• country bumpkin - archaism ➜ 田舎者
• someone from the same part of the country - archaism

suffix noun:

• intimate (or disdainful) suffix used after a person's name (or the base of an adjective describing that person)

noun:

• closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow) - archaism
• bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

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

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• about the middle (of an era)

noun:

• middle lobe (right lung); median lobe (prostate) - Anatomy term

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

pre-noun adjectival:

• this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker) ➜ 何の【どの】・此れ・其の・彼の

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language

noun:

• swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season

noun:

• floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased

noun:

• Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen)
• calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period

noun:

• developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past - four character idiom