御

water-drawing ceremony (performed at Tōdaiji on March 13); rite of drawing sacred water

a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)

automatic train control; ATC

In kyogen, etc.

my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master

Crown Prince's Palace

article offered at a bargain price (mainly of imperfect produce)

Computing

device control character (e.g. DC1)

Idiomatic expression

being ignorant of the ways of the world; knowing nothing; not being able to tell if a yam is boiled or not

Proverb

don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work

Product name

Oyudono no ue no nikki (Collection of diaries on the daily life in the imperial court)

the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)

have a pass to; have access to

ridged cracks that form in the ice on Lake Suwa

(Japanese) imperial succession

Computing

control area; CA

re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)

Computing

controlling process

superstition; superstitious person

shiruko made with strained red bean paste

those who want it

Medicine

impulse control disorder; ICD

Christianity

Annunciation Day; Lady Day

Idiomatic expression

to be blown inside out (of an umbrella); to become (the shape of) a sake cup

a company union