noun:

• adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) ➜ 新成人

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

noun / ~する noun:

• buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking
• raising the ground level (with fill)

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

noun:

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

expression:

• actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

noun:

• servant; valet; footman
• someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family - archaism
• low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system) - archaism
• ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy - archaism
• honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies ➜ 宮内省

noun:

• kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

noun:

• only
• prostitute attached to the exclusive service of a single member of the Occupation Forces (WW2) ［オンリー］

noun:

• physician in private practice
• town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.) - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

expression / adjective:

• having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste ➜ あくの強い
• excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic ➜ あくの強い【あくのつよい】

noun:

• man who is easily compelled into giving a woman gifts; man only used to receive gifts from - slang ➜ 貢ぐ

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

noun:

• handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.

noun:

• remote island; distant island ［えんとう・とおじま］
• punishment by exile to a remote island ［えんとう・おんとう］

adverb:

• hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom

noun / adverb:

• hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment - four character idiom

noun:

• revision seal; correction seal (special seal used to indicate a correction in an official document)

expression:

• briefly; in short; in a nutshell; in summary; to put it briefly

adjectival noun:

• methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual

noun:

• wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.); open; public

adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:

• ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) ➜ 前【ぜん】
• in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
• head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
• in the presence of
• helping; portion ➜ 人前【にんまえ】
• privates; private parts