text that makes up a question/problem

matter of life or death / (idiomatic) an extremely urgent matter

viewing as a problem

to view as a problem

(informal) no problem

unthinkable, out of the question

practical question (problem)

New Year's pilgrimage to a shrine or temple in a favorable direction

ushi no toki mairi, a traditional Japanese practice where a person visits (参(まい)り (mairi)) a shrine at approximately 2 AM in the morning (丑(うし)の時(とき) (ushi no toki)) in order to nail a straw effigy of a person (藁人形(わらにんぎょう) (waraningyō)) to a tree and wish for that person's death

visit to a grave; visiting a grave