noun:

• the pain of not getting what one seeks - Buddhism term

noun:

• tenth month of the lunar calendar - term used in Izumo Province - archaism ➜ 神無月

temporal noun:

• since the dawn of history - four character idiom

noun:

• Secretary of Defence (Defense)

noun:

• man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period

noun:

• type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks) ➜ 笠・虚無僧

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

expression:

• agency of fate; power of fate
• La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun:

• thirteenth day of the month
• thirteen days

noun:

• outbreak of a fire

noun:

• modulus of elasticity

noun:

• paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
• paper doll used in purification rites - Shintō term

noun:

• euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)

noun / ~する noun:

• return of the Emperor (from a visit)
• return of a shintai to its shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• realization of an objective; realisation of an objective

noun / ~する noun:

• learn of

noun:

• bucket carried on either end of a pole

noun:

• a person whose services are at the disposal of another

noun:

• extinction of contamination (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers) - Buddhism term ➜ 六神通

noun:

• continuation of war

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) - Shintō term
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ➜ 榊

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

noun:

• beginning-of-file label; header label; HDR - IT term

noun:

• start of a sentence, phrase, etc.