noun:

• purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion ➜ 胸一杯

noun:

• lever mechanism, e.g. in bicycle brakes, metal shears, etc.

noun:

• main building in a Heian palace ➜ 寝殿造
• (historical) main residence of an emperor

~と adverb / adverb:

• in a big way - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take in (light, wind, etc.) ➜ 取り込む

noun / ~する noun:

• explanation in common language

noun:

• oval tub or tray used in fish shops

noun:

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

noun:

• infirm of purpose and lacking in decision - four character idiom

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• private constitutional drafts prepared before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution in 1889

noun:

• box lunches for delivery; catering meal

noun:

• New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction ➜ 鍬入れ

noun:

• box cutter; utility knife - From English "cutter knife"

noun:

• stay in hospital; hospital stay

noun:

• lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

noun:

• hand used like a sword in striking

noun:

• relief work for the unemployed

noun / ~の noun:

• desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires - four character idiom

noun:

• organized games and activities for groups of children, old people, etc. - From English "recreation game"

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• practice book used in jōruri and nagauta

noun:

• the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year

noun:

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