New Year's pine decoration
decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
literature; books (reference); document
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
at that time; in those days
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
ancient practices; old customs
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
established practice; custom
at first; in the beginning; originally
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
next; secondly; subsequently
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
banknote; bill; note; paper money
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)