noun:

• Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay

noun:

• first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day

noun:

• Imperial regalia (esp. the jewel Yasakani no Magatama) ➜ 八尺瓊勾玉
• emperor's seal

noun:

• hair of different color mixed into an animal's coat (colour)

noun:

• catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve

noun:

• female lay devotee - Buddhism term
• title affixed to woman's posthumous Buddhist name

noun:

• win an election due to another's death or disqualification

noun:

• strip of paper featuring advertisements, wrapped around a book's jacket

noun:

• pushing up with hands under opponent's armpits; armpit push - Sumo term

noun:

• cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• highly renowned; on everybody's lips; enjoying a high reputation - four character idiom

noun:

• annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

noun:

• very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash - abbreviation ➜ 御太鼓結び

expression:

• disdaining everybody; not caring an ounce about other people's feelings

adverb:

• secretly; behind someone's back; unbeknownst to the parties involved

noun:

• school(s) with flexible, child-centred curricula - From English "open school"

noun:

• Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is ➜ 六曜

noun:

• women's hairstyle (first appearing during the mid-18th century) - archaism

noun:

• ushnisha (protrusion on the top of a buddha's head) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica sarcodactylus)

noun:

• radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds - slang

noun:

• Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air) ➜ ペレーの毛

noun:

• word used after an addressee's name in a formal letter - female language - polite language ➜ 脇付

noun:

• Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)