Meanings

holiday

day on which prostitutes had to receive clients

southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)

Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)

Japan New Party (Japanese political party, 1992-1994)

at one time

northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)

southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)

area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line

area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line

birthday

burning sun

Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011)

35th day after a person's death

overnight call

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.)

day of the Rooster

Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)

first day of the second month

Japanese economy