noun / ~する noun:

• spanking the bottom; spanking - colloquialism

noun:

• the passive; passive voice - Linguistics term ➜ 受け身

noun:

• the active; active voice - Linguistics term ➜ 能動

noun / ~の noun:

• the defence; defence side - Law term ➜ 検察側【けんさつがわ】

noun / ~の noun:

• the prosecution; prosecution side - Law term ➜ 弁護側【べんごがわ】

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier - abbreviation ➜ 内閣総理大臣

noun / ~する noun:

• leading; overseeing; leader; overseer; president - orig. meaning

noun:

• green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
• meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis) ［あおやぎ］ ➜ バカ貝

noun:

• ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.) ➜ 忍術

noun:

• manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
• something that will help one develop in the future

noun:

• tempura served over a bowl of rice
• (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line - colloquialism

~の noun / noun:

• cased; boxed
• precious; cherished

noun:

• girl who has been sheltered from the world - abbreviation ➜ 箱入り娘
• one's special talent ➜ おはこ

noun:

• handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation ➜ 墨付き
• certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

noun:

• halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)

expression / noun:

• drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears [literal] - idiom

noun:

• 1000 ryou (an old Japanese coin)
• Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae) - usu. センリョウ

noun:

• small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

noun:

• former rank in the Japanese army and navy, equiv. to private first-class, lance corporal, etc. ➜ 士長

noun / ~の noun:

• rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

noun:

• unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious ➜ 六曜

noun:

• successive generations
• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - abbreviation ➜ 譜代大名

noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

noun:

• good offices; auspices; sponsorship; help; assistance
• village official (during the Edo period)

noun:

• large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus) - four character idiom ➜ 撫子
• woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

expression / noun:

• shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled