noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

noun:

• linguistic activity
• language (as defined by Saussure; langue and parole) ➜ ランガージュ

noun / ~する noun:

• support (e.g. of an element acting as a catalyst)

noun:

• thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans) - slang - humorous term

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

noun:

• kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

ichidan verb:

• to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be cured; to get well; to be healed - esp. 治る
• to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed - esp. 直る

noun / ~する noun:

• profit; gains
• benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.)
• grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle ［りやく］

particle:

• at (place, time); in; on; during
• to (direction, state); toward; into
• for (purpose)
• because of (reason); for; with
• by; from
• as (i.e. in the role of) ➜ として
• per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
• and; in addition to
• if; although - archaism

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:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) - Shintō term
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ➜ 榊

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to flow smoothly
• to sell well; to sell out ➜ 捌ける【さばける】

ichidan verb:

• to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to plant oneself; to settle in
• to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to get along well with; to make a go of it

noun:

• frequency; popularity; currency

~する noun:

• to perform well; to be successful in an activity

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

conjunction:

• for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
• because of; as a result of

noun:

• Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• shop; store

counter:

• counter for foldable things such as maps, etc. ➜ 畳物

noun:

• grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix) - Buddhism term ➜ 大姉【だいし】
• private-sector scholar

noun:

• once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such) - four character idiom

noun:

• wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place