noun:

• the vernal equinox (the equinoctal point)

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

noun:

• the same rights; equal rights

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり・方違へ所

noun / ~の noun:

• the present (day or age)

expression:

• better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the salt industry

noun:

• (Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People ➜ 三民主義

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth - four character idiom

noun:

• sail with the wind at its back

adverb:

• aback

noun:

• the matter in question; the aforesaid matter

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect - Buddhism term ➜ 台密【たいみつ】

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• the unvarnished truth

noun:

• days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

noun / ~する noun:

• report to the throne

~の noun:

• suited to the occasion; expedient; ad hoc

noun:

• the midst of a campaign

noun:

• movie in which ... has the starring role

noun:

• the masses; the people

noun:

• kanji in which one element suggests the meaning, the other the pronunciation

expression:

• by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand