~の noun / noun:

• made in the winter (sake)

noun:

• pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines ➜ 熊野詣で

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

noun:

• two or three days

noun:

• having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be (standing) together, an arm across the other's shoulder - contraction of 肩を寄せる

noun:

• the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

noun:

• cooperation with the government from outside the cabinet

noun / ~する noun:

• buying more than one of the same item in different colors (colours) - slang ➜ イロチ

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• the Almighty; The Omnipotent One

noun:

• matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority

noun:

• God the Father - early Japanese Christian term - archaism - From Latin "pater"
• priest - early Japanese Christian term

noun:

• the pain of separation from loved ones - four character idiom - Buddhism term

expression:

• that's out of the question; it's just not possible

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun:

• hotel in the center of the city - From English "city hotel"

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure ➜ 島田【しまだ】

noun:

• the industrial world

noun:

• idea commonly (generally) accepted in the world

noun:

• form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

noun:

• Republic of the Congo

noun:

• the way (to somewhere); how to reach (a place)