noun:

• number of pages

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開け
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

noun:

• last and first days of the month - archaism

noun:

• case of frostbite

noun / ~する noun:

• being in general control of

noun:

• seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• combining a pair of events; joint - from 併用開催 - abbreviation

noun:

• disciple of Basho

noun:

• three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun / ~する noun:

• one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration - four character idiom

noun:

• point of sales system; POS system

noun:

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI

noun / ~する noun:

• staying an extra night (e.g. after attending an event) ➜ 前泊【ぜんぱく】

noun:

• exercise of a right

noun:

• fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central) ➜ 九星

noun:

• second adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony) ➜ 後炭

noun:

• first month of the lunar calendar
• January

noun:

• the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease - four character idiom

noun:

• sense of morality; moral sense

noun:

• (being a) fan of an entire music group (esp. idol group); not having a favorite member of a group - slang ➜ 推し【おし】・単推し

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の行も足下に始まる

noun:

• era of Japanese imperialism (esp. Korea)

noun:

• box-shaped funerary urn made of stone