noun:

• koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres
• measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

noun:

• sickle
• sickle-and-chain (weapon) - abbreviation ➜ 鎖鎌
• spear with curved cross-blades - abbreviation ➜ 鎌槍
• gooseneck tenon and mortise joint - abbreviation ➜ 鎌継
• noisiness - archaism
• part of a fish around the gills - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker - Business, Sports term

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.) ➜ 着替える
• to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake ➜ 履き違える

adverb / ~と adverb:

• choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one) - esp. 胸がきゅん（と）なる - onomatopoeia

noun:

• lower government office (ritsuryo system)
• servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer
• servant of an urban family
• serf ➜ 被官百姓

noun:

• chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting
• sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)

noun:

• traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5th event at Kamigamo shrine

expression:

• having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term

noun:

• national language
• Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) ➜ 国語科
• native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

noun / ~する noun:

• calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count
• bill; check; account; payment (of a bill); settlement (of an account)
• consideration; allowance

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping out of school; withdrawing from school
• expulsion from school; dismissal
• leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

noun:

• household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel)
• husband

noun / ~する noun:

• standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together
• flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

noun / ~する noun:

• grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to inlay; to insert; to set
• to plug in (to a formula); to immerse - Mathematics term
• to trick; to deceive

noun / ~する noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others ➜ 御裾分け

noun / ~する noun:

• realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing ➜ 書き損じ
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) ➜ 書き損じ

noun:

• unknown (e.g. in an equation) - Mathematics term
• element (of a set) - Mathematics term
• yuan (monetary unit of China)
• Yuan dynasty (China)

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; horses work best together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb ➜ 牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ