noun:

• secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

noun:

• Buddhist saint; man of high repute; guest of honor; guest of honour

noun / ~する noun:

• self-removal of stitches (esp. of pets, animals); self-extraction of sutures ➜ 抜糸

noun:

• standard of conduct; code of behavior; moral code; culture (of an organization)

expression / noun:

• number of possible outcomes; number of ways (e.g. of arranging something)

noun / ~の noun:

• House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet ➜ 衆参両院【しゅうさんりょういん】

noun:

• bowl of rice; single serving of rice
• bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased

noun:

• carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg
• karat (measure of purity of gold); carat

noun:

• var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs

noun:

• portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) ➜ 混成語

noun:

• youth
• child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)

prefix noun / suffix noun:

• young; new

noun:

• official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)
• titled lady (legal wife of an important official) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 北の政所
• government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
• clerk working for large temples and shrines

noun:

• three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)

adverbial noun / noun:

• in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst

noun:

• House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

noun:

• House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

noun:

• House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 参議院

noun:

• House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 衆議院

noun:

• (of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state - four character idiom

noun:

• regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors) ➜ 参議院

noun / ~の noun:

• ataxia; loss of coordination of the muscles; failure of muscular coordination

noun:

• distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
• dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish
• var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［でばな・出鼻］
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
• outset; start; beginning

noun / suffix noun:

• clothes (esp. Western clothes)

suffix / counter:

• counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc. ➜ 一服