twentieth day of the month; twenty days
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
seventh of January (lunar calendar) (one of the five annual festivals)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
Bun'an era (1444.2.5-1449.7.28); Bunnan era
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
custom; practice; convention; precedent
imperial order; imperial decree
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
literally; to the letter; literal
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature