noun:

• dash at the beginning of a short-distance race - From English "start dash"
• charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

noun:

• Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

noun:

• trial decision; decision by a court; judgment from a trial

noun:

• sky; the air; the heavens
• weather
• far-off place; distant place
• state of mind; feeling - often as 〜空もない
• (from) memory; (by) heart - usu. as 空で
• falsehood; lie

prefix noun:

• somehow; vaguely - before an adjective
• fake - before a noun or a verb

noun:

• area between the regular outfield wall and a lower home-run fence set up at a shorter distance from home plate - Baseball term - From English "lucky zone"

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

noun / ~する noun:

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to greet; to call out (to); to start talking (to)
• to invite; to get in touch (with); to give a shout (to); to let (somebody) know (one is in the area or has time to meet, etc.)
• to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

noun:

• universe - Buddhism term
• realm of thought - Buddhism term
• underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness - Buddhism term
• being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other ［ほうかい］ - abbreviation ➜ 法界悋気

expression / noun:

• the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat - idiom

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)

noun:

• using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period) ➜ 百面相
• simple paper mask ➜ 目鬘

noun:

• sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo - Sumo term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far ➜ 抜群

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to eat (fodder, grass, etc.)
• to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord

expression / ichidan verb:

• to digress; to stray from the subject
• to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark

noun:

• silver crown (dental crown made from mercury amalgam)
• crown made of silver

adverbial noun:

• just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees