congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year)
correction; revision; amendment
Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
that is to say; so that means
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)
to differ depending on ...
preference; priority; precedence
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
urban area; urban district
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
way; method; means; resource; course
as; because; with; due to
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
immediately; right away; on the spot
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
city god; guardian deity of a city and esp. its marketplace
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to assemble; to set up; to construct
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year