noun / ~する noun:

• conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers ➜ 下達上通・上達

expression:

• the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb

noun:

• Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped

noun:

• ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people - four character idiom

noun:

• land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

expression:

• the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son - proverb

noun:

• condor (incl. other New World vultures of family Cathartidae)
• Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)

noun:

• family restaurant (varied menu options, inexpensive); casual dining restaurant

noun:

• temple kitchen; monastery kitchen - Buddhism term
• quarters of a head priest (and his family) - Buddhism term

noun:

• young person
• servant; errand boy in a samurai family
• person of lowly status

noun:

• triptan (any one of a family of drugs used to treat severe headaches)

noun:

• click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)

noun:

• black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
• estrildid (any bird of family Estrildidae); waxbill

noun:

• basket star (any brittlestar of family Euryalina); basket fish ➜ 蜘蛛海星

noun:

• dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)

noun:

• electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus) - obscure term ➜ 電気鯰

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun:

• crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae) ➜ 大蚊
• a tall, gangly person; string bean - derogatory term

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun:

• public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星