noun / ~する noun:

• male coming of age ceremony
• for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period)

noun:

• playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop
• participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
• to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open

noun:

• development of a text ➜ 起承転結
• the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

noun:

• fish - archaism - female language

suffix / counter:

• counter for fish

expression / ichidan verb:

• to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball) - idiom
• to reach for (a snack, etc.)

noun:

• chrysanthemum
• color scheme for a kasane ➜ 襲【かさね】

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

noun:

• purifying wisdom of a buddha - Buddhism term
• purifying water of wisdom used in a Buddhist baptism - Buddhism term ➜ 灌頂・灌頂

expression / adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to close one's eyes; to sleep
• to rest in peace

expression:

• when the right conditions are fulfilled, things will turn out well on their own; a sunken place will collect water [literal] - proverb - obscure term
• someone in bad circumstances will continue to accumulate difficulties - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• (professional) storyteller
• hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

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:

• email from mobile phones, containing pictures, etc.
• brand name for photo-email service from SoftBank Mobile

auxiliary:

• ought to have been; was ... right? - equivalent to ただろう
• to do for (inferiors) - from てやろう - Kansai dialect

noun / ~の noun:

• frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism
• first-time guest in a red-light district

noun:

• small shrine ［ほくら］ ➜ 祠【ほこら】
• depository for sacred objects

noun:

• little shop; small shop; small store
• my shop ［しょうてん］ - humble language
• low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel ［こみせ］
• passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region) ［こみせ］

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to take fish, etc. - archaism
• to lust for a woman

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) - obscure term ➜ 八咫烏
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology ➜ 八咫烏

noun:

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

noun:

• adult striped mullet ➜ 鯔【ぼら】

adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done - abbreviation ➜ とどのつまり