noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

noun:

• act of visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

noun:

• itinerant monk - archaism

noun:

• return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable) - four character idiom

noun:

• postulates of practical reason

noun:

• hard of hearing

noun:

• a nest of sake cups

noun:

• leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

noun:

• the way of karate; karate

noun:

• establishing the identity of a witness

noun:

• instrument of torture

noun:

• lump of earth

adverbial noun / noun:

• within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

noun:

• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) - obscure term ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• box of cakes ➜ 折り箱【おりばこ】

noun:

• first ski of the season; first ski run

noun:

• encouragement of agriculture

noun:

• shadow of a tree

expression / ichidan verb:

• to change one's point of view

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

noun:

• waiting in place of someone else

noun:

• style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances ➜ 浄瑠璃

expression:

• just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

noun:

• last day of February; last day of the second lunar month

noun:

• land of the barbarians