expression / adjective:

• being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place

noun:

• cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
• (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term

noun:

• cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth
• shrieking sound; woman's scream; loud scream
• cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ ホトトギス

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)

noun:

• prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture

noun:

• the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law) ➜ 八虐
• the ten evil deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 十善

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain)
• to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the bathroom in a group; going off to urinate together - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ 連れ小便

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep
• to give (someone) the slip

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down)
• to pluck a stringed instrument

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】

noun:

• political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état; coup; revolution

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) ➜ 持つ
• to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed ➜ モテる
• to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• possessed; held
• rich; wealthy; affluent

noun:

• a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana - Buddhism term

noun:

• luggage; baggage; package ➜ 御荷物
• burden ➜ 足まとい
• payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• fashion; fad; vogue; craze
• prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

noun:

• nature (of a person)
• sex
• gender

suffix:

• -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy - indicating quality or condition

noun:

• peak; summit; ridge; top
• back of a blade

noun:

• way of standing
• dancer (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 地方【じかた】

suffix:

• school

noun / counter:

• proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs

noun / ~の noun:

• fashion; fad; vogue; craze
• prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

noun:

• cord; strap; thong
• string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)