noun:

• congratulatory card or letter sent to the Emperor; congratulatory address

temporal noun:

• on the way back
• when about to go back

noun:

• stand of trees planted to control the movement of sand

adverb / noun:

• occasionally; at times; the season; from time to time

noun:

• being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• tour round the country (Japan) (visiting from province to province) - four character idiom

noun:

• sense of decorum; attention to the common civilities of life - four character idiom

noun:

• the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor - four character idiom

noun:

• pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them

noun:

• plotting to damage the imperial palace or an imperial tomb - archaism ➜ 八虐

expression:

• to tell the truth; in actuality; in reality

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)
• to have sex; to fuck - colloquialism
• to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
• to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
• to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)

~する noun / adverb:

• to feel anxious; to feel nervous; to be kept in suspense; to feel excited; to feel thrilled - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears) - onomatopoeia
• hanging untidily (of hair); straggling - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages) - abbreviation ➜ 印地打ち

noun:

• performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) ➜ 浄瑠璃

noun:

• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) - Buddhism term
• becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb