adverbial noun / noun:

• all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period - Shintō term

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

noun:

• ship of the dead which appears if you go fishing the night of the Bon festival ➜ お盆

noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• lingering snow
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun:

• tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year

noun:

• wind blowing on the day of the Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (15th day of the 2nd month) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the text; the main clause; the main part of a document - Linguistics term

noun:

• stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people - four character idiom

noun:

• The Nonpareil Kitchen; The Kitchen of the Nation (nickname for Osaka)

noun:

• the kalpa of formation (the first aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• the kalpa of nothingness (the final aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• remainder of the Diet session after the creation of the budget

adjectival noun:

• beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life ➜ 身分相応・分不相応

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

noun:

• winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter

noun / ~する noun:

• listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• one point

noun:

• stitched ornament; small needlepoint design
• relief pitcher brought in to face one batter - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ ワンポイントリリーフ

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

noun:

• the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth
• twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar