noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

noun:

• (pair of) bellows - Buddhism term ➜ 踏鞴
• lungs (of the body)

noun / ~する noun:

• intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.)
• temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

noun:

• head and body

suffix:

• heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long - after a number

noun:

• bride's silk floss headdress
• clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to affix; to append; to attach ➜ 付する
• to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
• to follow (the leader)
• to submit (a document, etc.)

noun:

• new single (by a recording artist)
• person of marriageable age who remains single (e.g. to focus on their career) - From English

noun:

• musical instrument; music
• accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)

noun:

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

noun:

• soot-colored bamboo (coloured)
• bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end) ➜ すす払い

noun:

• scarab (Egyptian gemstone) - From French "scarabee"
• scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabeus sacer)

noun:

• left skirt of a kimono
• geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono) ➜ 芸妓

noun:

• (time of) extreme cold
• "major cold" solar term (approx. Jan 20, roughly the coldest time of the year) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ［土蜘蛛］ ➜ 地蜘蛛
• tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

noun / ~する noun:

• treat; banquet; feast; entertainment; goodies - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ごちそう

interjection:

• thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ごちそうさま

noun:

• splendid multistoried building ➜ 楼閣
• Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

• ambrosia (drink conferring immortality)
• drink used as an offering (to the gods)

noun:

• successive generations
• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - abbreviation ➜ 譜代大名

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent ➜ 抜きん出る【ぬきんでる】
• to tower above (the surrounding landscape) ➜ 抜きん出る【ぬきんでる】

noun:

• large jewel; string of jewels - archaism
• Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 勾玉・三種の神器

noun:

• written investigation; report of an investigation
• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get used to one's work; to become accustomed to one's position
• to be at home (on the stage)

noun:

• blue line
• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯