expression / godan ~う verb:

• to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

noun / ~の noun:

• taking care of one's responsibilities by oneself; one's own efforts; one's own expense
• going into business for oneself (selling one's own products); entrepreneur of such a business

noun:

• having only tiles of one suit and not having called any tiles (yaku); having only tiles of one suit and a concealed hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ メンゼン・清一色

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to meet (someone of higher status) - humble language ➜ 会う・目にかかる
• to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); to be visible; to be seen; to be noticed - archaism

noun:

• manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
• something that will help one develop in the future

~の noun / noun:

• cased; boxed
• precious; cherished

noun:

• girl who has been sheltered from the world - abbreviation ➜ 箱入り娘
• one's special talent ➜ おはこ

noun:

• halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)

expression / noun:

• drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears [literal] - idiom

noun:

• former rank in the Japanese army and navy, equiv. to private first-class, lance corporal, etc. ➜ 士長

noun / ~の noun:

• rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

noun:

• unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious ➜ 六曜

noun:

• good offices; auspices; sponsorship; help; assistance
• village official (during the Edo period)

noun:

• matching dice; doublets
• bet on two horses in the same bracket
• repdigit; monodigit - Mathematics term

expression / adjective:

• completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom

noun:

• soft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward) ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - abbreviation - From English "flying get" ➜ フライングゲット

noun:

• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) - archaism

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• rapid pace at which the information technology field moves - From English "dog year"
• dog's ear ➜ ドッグイヤ

noun:

• petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China) ➜ 稗史

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun:

• yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned) - Martial Arts term