noun:

• head steward (e.g. on a ship)
• palace chef - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be called (a name); to be referred to (as) - passive of 呼ぶ
• to be treated to something (e.g. a meal); to be invited to

noun:

• pursue and attack (a criminal)

noun:

• puff piece (in a newspaper, etc.); flatteringly exaggerated article; sycophantic article ➜ 提灯持ち

noun:

• sampling (i.e. as a survey method) ➜ サンプリング

noun:

• academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)

noun / ~の noun:

• (a person of) unrivaled physical strength - four character idiom

noun:

• all the banks (of a river)

noun / ~する noun:

• steering (of a ship)

noun:

• nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to coil itself (e.g. a snake)
• to loaf around

noun:

• first runner (in a relay race)
• top-class runner
• vanguard (of a person); front line; cutting edge - idiom
• top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); comfort women [literal] - euphemism ➜ 従軍慰安婦

noun / ~する noun:

• riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage

noun:

• abnormal termination (of a call, e.g.) - IT term

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• authentic work (as opposed to a fake)

noun:

• framework (for a mud-plastered wall)

noun / ~の noun:

• illegal residence (in a country); illegal stay; illegal overstaying (of a visa)

noun:

• tuning peg (of a shamisen, etc.) - also written with the ateji 天神 ➜ 転手

noun:

• fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas) - Botany term

noun:

• compartment (of a train); interior (of a car)

expression / noun:

• age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

noun:

• provisional payment (of a fine)

noun:

• archery range (sometimes a front for a brothel) - archaism ➜ 楊弓・矢場【やば】