noun:

• striking on the side; slanting or driving (rain); side sweep; side blow

noun:

• festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

noun:

• length of the course of study

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to grasp the meaning

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)

noun:

• survival of the fittest - four character idiom

noun:

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

pre-noun adjectival:

• the one after next

noun:

• day on which the temperate rises above 35 degrees Celsius ➜ 夏日・真夏日

noun:

• the seven previous incarnations of Buddha ➜ 七仏

expression / adjective:

• in the background; not standing out ➜ 影の薄い

noun:

• works following the deceased

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence

noun:

• the aim (in a campaign)

noun:

• place with warmer weather to spend the winter

noun:

• sharing the same concern

noun:

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

noun:

• the fortunes of war

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan - Sumo term

expression:

• the word impossible is not in my dictionary - quote

noun:

• the zenith distance

noun:

• over-the-counter transaction - Finance term

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆