noun:

• looking for or at cherry blossoms

noun:

• PC-AT - IT term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to grasp at the air

noun:

• grand kagura performance at Ise
• type of performance including the lion dance and juggling ➜ 雑芸
• Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 椿

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• holding the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• temple built at the order of the emperor

noun:

• tough on the outside but soft at heart - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• at (upon) presentation; when presented - four character idiom

noun:

• orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

noun:

• person always at one's side

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to nibble ➜ 食らいつく
• to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into ➜ 食らいつく
• to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to
• to complain; to bicker

noun / ~の noun:

• working at home; telecommuting

noun / ~する noun:

• introduction of poems at a poetry party

noun:

• referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division - Sumo term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

noun:

• bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

expression / ichidan verb:

• to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures - incorrect variant of 藁にもすがる ➜ 藁にもすがる

noun:

• bath, often at ryokan, where you can reserve time for private bathing

noun:

• family members left at home - four character idiom

noun:

• looking at the camera; paying attention to the camera ➜ 目線【めせん】

noun:

• instructor at a correctional facility (esp. juvenile detention centre)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to keep (someone) at a distance

adverb:

• at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong - usu. as まっしぐらに