noun / ~する noun:

• weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
• selection (e.g. natural selection) ➜ 自然淘汰【しぜんとうた】

noun:

• knowledge and action
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege ➜ 知行【ちぎょう】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect ➜ 可い

suffix:

• familiar suffix used after a personal name ［ぺ］

noun:

• last moment; eleventh hour - idiom
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period - orig. meaning

noun:

• Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) - colloquialism ➜ 穂咲の総藻
• aquatic plants such as hornwort that are commonly used in goldfish tanks, etc.

interjection:

• shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up)
• shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

noun:

• combined liquor store and bar; combined off-license and pub (licence)
• drinking alcohol while standing in the shop

noun:

• Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person - four character idiom

noun:

• residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

noun:

• trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)

adverb:

• naturally; in due course; by itself

noun:

• payment in advance (by bank transfer)

noun:

• used women's clothing such as bloomers and high-school sailor-suit uniforms (esp. as a source of sexual arousal) - from ブルマー and セーラー服 - slang

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; pot used to cook such a dish

noun:

• paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
• paper doll used in purification rites - Shintō term

noun / suffix noun:

• elder brother ➜ 兄【あに】

pronoun:

• pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr - familiar language - male language

noun:

• swidden; land made arable by slash-and-burn agriculture

adverb:

• rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds - onomatopoeia

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright