mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to be reflected in a mirror
reflective water surface; reflecting water
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
to uncask; to open a barrel
panel; scene-panel; painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds
bathroom mirror; vanity mirror
cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th); traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.
the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body; (lit.) the eyes are the mirror of the heart
breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel
small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period)
traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period
(arch.) mirror; Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia)
polishing a metallic mirror
small ancient mirror tied with a cord
Dosinia japonica (species of Venus clam)