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moon
Archaic
being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain
fifth lunar month
moon (esp. full moon)
circle fashioned after the moon
decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole
straw trivet
white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear
Astronomy
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Astronomy
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
imperial palace
Archaic
Yoshiwara red light district
Abbreviation
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
moon; moonlight
Orig. meaning
katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)
to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give someone the brown-eye
raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula); moon butterflyfish
Shinto
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
