noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
• rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

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)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to miss one's footing
• to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

adverb / ~の noun:

• as a god
• as was done in the age of the gods

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fail to earn a credit
• to fail to make the grade

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

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:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

noun:

• calm water; smooth water
• the usual amount of water

noun:

• lucky day
• an unspecified day of the month, used on diplomas, proclamations, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• standing guard; watchman

noun:

• watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)

noun:

• red poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札
• the three red poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda)

noun:

• strength; power; proficiency; ability

suffix noun:

• the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men - after a number of people

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to wake up; to rouse out of bed
• to knock on the door and wake someone

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
• to lead by the hand

noun:

• fire of suspicious origin; suspected arson; mysterious fire ➜ 不審火
• will-o'-the-wisp

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• being fond of; having a liking for
• to the liking of; favored by; popular with

noun:

• regular (customer)
• client who frequently visits the same prostitute

noun:

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

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to interrupt (a story, etc.) ➜ 話の腰を折る
• to bend at the waist

noun:

• an utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
• accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

noun:

• deutomerite; posterior sac; posterior chamber - Medicine term
• women's quarters at the rear of a house