noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
• member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族

noun:

• hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
• sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi - also タレ - usually written using kana alone
• (in kendo) loin guard
• kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character

suffix noun:

• -ass; -head - used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature; also ったれ - derogatory term

noun:

• bedding; bed - archaism ➜ 枕席

noun / ~する noun:

• to sleep together in the same bed - archaism
• to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow - archaism
• to sleep together using books as a pillow - archaism

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

interjection:

• your pardon; sorry; no thanks

noun:

• not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid - usu. 〜はごめんだ
• permission; leave; dismissal; discharge

noun:

• loneliness; desolation

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted
• harsh (words); cutting (criticism)

~する noun:

• to separate in thought; to consider as independent

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

noun:

• counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses) - Sumo term

noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith ➜ 寺請制度

noun:

• the vertical; height
• front-to-back; length
• north-to-south

noun / ~の noun:

• vertical (relationship); hierarchy

noun:

• (weaving) warp ➜ 経糸【たていと】

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stunned; to be surprised; one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character) [literal]

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる

noun:

• Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)

noun:

• Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 山帰来

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away ➜ 居たたまれない

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 甲矢

interjection:

• shh! (used to silence someone); sh! ➜ しっ
• shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.) ➜ しっ

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; -like; -looking - after a noun, the -nai stem of a verb, or repetitive syllables