noun:

• Jim Crow; discrim. term for a black person - sensitive
• segregation of blacks; discrimination against blacks

noun:

• multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments

godan ~す verb:

• to gnaw at and scatter around; to start a lot of things without finishing any

noun:

• (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom) - four character idiom

noun:

• type of leather belt worn with ceremonial court dress and decorated with a rhinoceros horn - obscure term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

noun:

• new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with cellphone camera); self-taken picture; selfie - colloquialism

adverb:

• something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)

particle:

• particle indicating a command - particle always used at sentence-end
• particle indicating mild enthusiasm - often as ことね - female language
• particle indicating a gentle interrogative
• particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion - at sentence end as ことよ

~する noun / ~の noun:

• to contact; to get in touch ➜ ご連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message ➜ ご連絡
• connection; coordination; junction

~の noun:

• intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

noun:

• group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants)
• non-human - Buddhism term

noun:

• sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)

noun:

• bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews), such as that included on DVDs of movies, television programs, etc.

noun:

• integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route

noun:

• jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze)
• peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)

noun:

• strong-smelling edible plant (esp. perennials of the family Liliaceae, e.g. Welsh onion, garlic, wild rocambole, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• squarenose unicornfish (Naso mcdadei, species of Indo-West Pacific tang found from East Africa to the Great Barrier Reef)

noun:

• three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism - Buddhism term

noun:

• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows - Mahjong term

noun:

• bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

noun:

• soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil