noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• impression given by a painting or image

noun:

• assistant or associate professor

noun:

• rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce ➜ 雑炊

noun:

• Tibetan Buddhist canon

noun / ~の noun:

• composite or montage photograph ➜ モンタージュ写真

noun:

• special council or commission

noun:

• Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)

~の noun / noun:

• for visitors or guests

noun:

• signature or written seal at the end of a document

noun / ~する noun:

• sowing wheat or barley

noun:

• salt pickling of a turnip or daikon, incl. leaves and stalk

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be or lie just outside of

noun:

• palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting
• room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees; person living in such a room
• boarding house for trainee administrators (Ritsuryo period) ➜ 大学寮

noun:

• feudalistic thought or thinking

noun:

• an atrocity or outrage

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

expression:

• all-or-nothing

noun:

• round table meeting or talks

expression:

• one way or the other; either way

noun:

• superb or valuable book

suffix / expression:

• adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with ➜ それと無く・何となく・幾度となく

expression:

• whether or not; presence or absence

noun:

• good or bad luck; fortune

noun:

• Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto