noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• the edge at the very tip of a sword

noun:

• the iron industry

noun:

• landing in the face of the enemy; opposed landing

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to call the roll; to take attendance

noun:

• horizontally-wrapped fabric forming the bottom part of some traditional Japanese clothing

noun:

• fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun

adverb / noun:

• (to) the end; thoroughly - onomatopoeia

expression / ichidan verb:

• to checkmate the king

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

• noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓

noun:

• roofed path (lacking walls) connecting the main residence and the side houses (in traditional palatial architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• marriage in which the bride is taken into the groom's family; virilocal marriage

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

noun:

• measures for the promotion of; stimulation measure (for the economy)

noun:

• the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes

noun:

• text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

noun:

• (announcement over) the public address system (e.g. in stadium)

noun:

• the seven previous incarnations of Buddha - abbreviation ➜ 過去七仏

noun:

• theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher) ➜ 裏方

noun:

• small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island) ➜ 四国八十八箇所

~の noun:

• much the same; nearly equal

noun:

• hairdo covering the ears

noun / ~する noun:

• going somewhere warmer for the winter; wintering

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith