honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
front; frontage; facade; main
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
sanity; consciousness; soberness
directly opposite; right in front
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
genuine; authentic; true; real
unidentifiable; unidentified
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
front entrance; front door
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
critical moment; do-or-die situation
directly opposite; right in front
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise)
the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)
third time lucky; third time's the charm
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
not in one's right mind; insane
guest of honor; guest of honour; main guest at a tea ceremony
(sense of) crushing evil and spreading the truth
price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation
genuine autograph; genuine article
main entrance; front entrance; main exit; front exit
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper
Shōji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13)
right mindfulness; true faith (in rebirth in the promised land)
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
dishonesty; untruthfulness
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
book of registration; text of a play
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
Eishō era (1504.2.30-1521.8.23)
Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
Shōhō era (1644.12.16-1648.2.15); Shōho era
first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine
senior grade of the third court rank
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
large sea turtle; heavy drinker
Shōryaku era (990.11.7-995.2.22)
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings
feast for one's eyes; sight as pleasing as the New Year
honesty doesn't pay; life is unfair
Shōan era (1299.4.25-1302.11.21)
revealing or demonstrating the truth
first seven days of the year
Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)
Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era
holding the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death
(of) straightforward honesty; steadfastly honest
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)
putting on weight over the New Year's holidays
Kōshō era (1455.7.25-1457.9.28)
Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)
man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)
The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven
as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; (lit.) as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time
women's New Year (15th day of the first month of the year); New Year for women who were too busy to celebrate on the 1st (Kyoto-Osaka)
plainly marked; notorious person
Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938)
oval gold coin struck by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1588
Honesty is the best policy; Honesty pays
Shōō era (1288.4.28-1293.8.5)
Shōka era (1257.3.14-1259.3.26)
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
Taishō Political Crisis (1913)
meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat
film shown over the New Year period
Shōgen era (1259.3.26-1260.4.13)
Tensho karuta; the first domestically produced Japanese deck of cards, closely based on Latin-suited decks brought over by the Portuguese
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
seat of honor; seat of honour
Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn
side seating (to stage right in noh); centerstage right (noh)
honesty is the best policy
honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest
Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin
Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives
right action; correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
event where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region
January (according to the new calendar)
Chino Shōhō (Japanese religious group founded by Chino Yūko)
first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)
traditional Chinese cold remedy (a medical powder with antipyretic and diaphoretic effects)
correct meaning; original meaning; true heart