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

(linguistics) diachronic

(linguistics) synchronic

time for repayment for past misdeeds / time to give up

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

Kyūjitai form of 暁

work, task, business: the job at hand / profession, business, trade: what one does to earn a living / studies, scholarship (the act of being a scholar), the arts

a gem, jewel / generic name for jadeite or nephrite / chicken eggs used as food, especially as a topping for sushi / a stock being traded / Short for 建て玉 (tategyoku): / a geisha

(shogi) king

a line of text / (mathematics) a row of a matrix / (calligraphy) Abbreviation of 行書 (“semi-cursive script”).