天

Rare term

tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)

Obsolete term

(Roman) Catholicism

clouds in the sky

Rare term; Sensitive

Hansen's disease; leprosy

Macao; Macau

bat (animal)

Rare term

drooping moustache; goatee

Ama no Ukihashi; the heavenly floating bridge by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth

pressing forward without giving a chance to explain

natural disaster

Noun or verb acting prenominally

heavenly; imperial

Rare term; Astronomy

Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star

Rare term; Astronomy

astronomical zenith

Rare term

celestial coordinates

gagaku of Indian origin

Tenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

Ama no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami

Ama no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed

people; subjects; populace

Rare term

Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)

Rare term

day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)

Rare term

pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)

doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred

confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation