honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
front; frontage; facade; main
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
sanity; consciousness; soberness
directly opposite; right in front
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
genuine; authentic; true; real
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
unidentifiable; unidentified
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
front entrance; front door
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
net (amount); clear; net weight; net price; cost price; actual content
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
third time lucky; third time's the charm
the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
not in one's right mind; insane
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise)
public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryō system)
exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper
guest of honor; guest of honour; main guest at a tea ceremony
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
main entrance; front entrance; main exit; front exit
crushing evil and spreading the truth
price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
genuine autograph; genuine article
Shōji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13)
right mindfulness; true faith (in rebirth in the promised land)
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
dishonesty; untruthfulness
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
book of registration; text of a play
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the New Year; Koshōgatsu
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
Eishō era (1504.2.30-1521.8.23)
cash; ready money; specie (esp. of gold and silver); metallic currency; specie bank
Shōhō era (1644.12.16-1648.2.15); Shōho era
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
senior grade of the third court rank
Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
large sea turtle; heavy drinker
Shōryaku era (990.11.7-995.2.22)
Jinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings
honesty does not pay; life is unfair
feast for one's eyes; sight as pleasing as the New Year
first seven days of the year
revealing or demonstrating the truth
Shōan era (1299.4.25-1302.11.21)
Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)
(of) straightforward honesty; steadfastly honest
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era
twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)
putting on weight over the New Year's holidays
holding the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death
Kōshō era (1455.7.25-1457.9.28)
Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)
man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven
as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; (lit.) as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time
15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)
honesty is the best policy; honesty pays; God dwells in an honest heart
Shōō era (1288.4.28-1293.8.5)
item including a price tag; tagged merchandise; notorious person or thing
Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938)
tenshō ōban; oval gold coin struck by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1588
service held at temples every New Year
meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat
Shōka era (1257.3.14-1259.3.26)
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
seat of honor; seat of honour
Taishō Political Crisis (1913)
film shown over the New Year period
Shōgen era (1259.3.26-1260.4.13)
those that are able to receive teaching and salvation
Tensho karuta; the first domestically produced Japanese deck of cards, closely based on Latin-suited decks brought over by the Portuguese
honesty is the best policy
returning an object of worship to the main shrine
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); Oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn
side seating (to stage right in noh); centerstage right (noh)
honesty is the best policy
honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest
Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin
Tokyo Risshō Junior College
Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)
Kenshōkai (Buddhist lay group)
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives
right action; correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
January (according to the new calendar)
Chino Shōhō (religious group founded by Chino Yūko)
Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography
correct doctrine; orthodox sect
first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)
traditional Chinese cold remedy (a medical powder with antipyretic and diaphoretic effects)
correct meaning; original meaning; true heart