A type of straw hat worn by upper class women during the Heian period in Japan

Alternative spelling of 荒布 (“arame”)

(folklore) a yokai resembling a woman with a mouth that is slit from ear to ear

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) a goddess who performed a merry ritual dance to entertain the gods of heaven, to lure 天照 (Amaterasu) out of the cave 天岩戸 (Ama no Iwato)

(less common) alternative reading for Ame no Uzume

innocent, inexperienced

virgin, maiden

(formal) [I, we] wish you a happy new year (literally meet a good year)

A clever woman can't sell a cow.