extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest)
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
nowadays; these days; at present
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
family name; lineage; birth; clan
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
prayer service for a good crop
imperial family; relatives of the Emperor
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
rice cultivation; rice crop
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to reap completely; to trim up (the hair); to dress up
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
another thing; other things; another man's property
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to jump at; to be attracted by
to assemble; to set up; to construct
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
ease; comfort; feeling at home