Meanings

expiry date

with time we forget those who have died

pine shoot pulled out during ne-no-hi-no-asobi

ne-no-hi-no-asobi

kanji "day" radical at left (radical 72)

day of the Rat (esp. the first day of the Rat in the New Year)

annular solar eclipse

"day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings)

selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar

"tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)

standard tables of food composition in Japan

to see the light of day

very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)

kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164)

Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)

Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)

Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

flying lemur

Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

Japanese economy