suffix:

• honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status - honorific language

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun / ~する noun:

• trot; half run; jog

noun:

• girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

noun:

• discretionary price; price a retailer can set at its discretion - From English "open price" ➜ オープン価格【オープンかかく】

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

expression:

• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

noun:

• dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

expression:

• scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

noun:

• coupling
• shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

noun:

• lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.

noun:

• Inula japonica ［おぐるま］ - archaism
• small cart; small carriage - archaism ➜ 牛車
• wheeled palanquin (with a castle-shaped box) ［こぐるま］ ➜ 輦車

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format ➜ 暦【こよみ】

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format - abbreviation ➜ 略本暦

noun:

• eave-end roof tile (comprising a broadly concave tile and near-rectangular decorative cap) ➜ 平瓦・瓦当

noun:

• record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

adverb:

• a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)

noun:

• over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription ➜ 売薬

suffix:

• doing; in such a state - abbreviation
• doing together; contest; match
• familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small") - familiar language

noun:

• draft of magazine's content (a table showing the allocation of each page)