見

perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness)

Food, cooking

dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

Buddhism

Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)

December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

Proverb

once you're dead, that's it

unique; unrivaled; unrivalled; without parallel

scientific discovery

post-fire visit to express sympathy; expressing one's sympathy after a fire

to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable stand (idly) by; to be unable to look on with indifference; to be unable to remain a mere spectator

From the first line of a song sung during the Awa Odori festival

you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

to assume an air of importance; to stand on one's dignity

Proverb

don't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people)

Usu. as 見るからに

at a glance; obviously

Humble

midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season

soba with egg

shoji with a glass bottom half (for snow viewing)

sample pages

post-disaster public-funded rental accommodation

Proverb

don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen

misjudgement; misjudgment; mistake in vision

Siebold's stonecrop (Hylotelephium sieboldii)

field trip; observation tour

loose geisha

Finance

prospectus; offering memorandum