heating empty cookware (as when forgetting to put water in a kettle, pot, etc.); dry heating cookware

to heat empty cookware (as when forgetting to put water in a kettle, pot, etc.); to dry heat cookware

spring sky, especially clear sky in spring

summer sky, especially clear and blazing sky

the grass is always greener on the other side

astronomy

Kyūjitai form of 天気: weather

Kyūjitai form of 天体 (“celestial body”)

judgement by the emperor

(mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes.