Vocabulary

party headquarters

acting leader (usu. of a party)

chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee

party appointee in a safe constituency; parachute candidate

transfer of tax revenue sources (e.g. to local governments)

United Nations resolution; UN resolution

lowest level; minimum level; ground floor

supplementary symbol (number, punctuation, etc.)

negotiation team; negotiating body

band of robbers; gang of thieves

spring storm

climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer

noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa

seaweed bed; seaweed forest

inshore fish; fish living in rocky coastal waters

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

spring dust; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

Saohime; goddess of Spring

someone who is fast asleep

cloudy spring weather

cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north

spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush

snow water; melt water

spring clothing; New Year clothing

spring clothing

fancy kimono used for cherry blossom viewing; fancy kimono

type of lacquerware plate

outward-curving bowl rim; bowl lip curved outwards

Negoro lacquerware

Negoro lacquerware

type of tray to serve sweets individually

first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season

annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds

first sale of the year; first trade of the year

hard work; rough physical labour

children's haircut having hair in the rear that reaches the nape of the neck

first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

mochi offered when drawing the first water of the year

mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water

cold winter rain