御

Historical term

contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor

match attended by the team's owner

Shinto

shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

precocious

Common noun

precocious child

Usu. as 御年〜歳

age (esp. advanced)

the spoken words of the emperor or a noble

to drive (e.g. horse, carriage)

to control; to manage

Imperial Council

to receive permission

to leave (with someone's permission); to retire

to refuse; to beg off doing

hair

Honorific; Common noun

meal

Honorific; Common noun

Emperor's meal; meal of a noble

Noun, used as a prefix

high-quality (of a food or drink); premium

easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable

(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove

Colloquial

cooked rice

Colloquial

food; meal

Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

Commonly used until the end of the Meiji period

father; Dad

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door

route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking

thief taker; secret policeman

font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

newly purchased item

Shinto

staff with plaited paper streamers

Familiar term

boss; governor; headman

usual; normal; stereotyped

wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)

Polite

attending (upon); keeping another company; being a confidant; serving (a nobleman)

Abbreviation

fairy tale