godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to look through
• to hold up to the light
• to make an opening; to leave space; to space (lines); to prune (trees)
• to fart without making a sound

noun:

• suggestion box; comment box
• complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period) - archaism

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］

noun:

• official during the ritsuryo period who was allowed to use the state-provided stables and horses - archaism

noun:

• greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto) ➜ 内裏

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

noun:

• feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

expression / noun:

• having one's own premises ➜ 部屋持ちの親方【へやもちのおやかた】
• Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment - abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another
• to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• half-term; half-time; half period

noun:

• new period; new age; new epoch

noun:

• mourning clothes - archaism ➜ 喪服
• mourning; period of mourning

noun:

• test process; test stage; test period - IT term

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach) - archaism ➜ 栴檀【せんだん】
• light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

noun:

• cosplay ➜ コスプレ
• period drama; costume drama; costume play

noun:

• welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period

noun:

• door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)

expression / noun:

• criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; anti-social forces [literal]

noun / ~の noun:

• Kyoto and vicinity; Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region (esp. during Edo period)

noun:

• period from midnight until the early morning
• around 4 in the morning ➜ 寅の刻

noun:

• imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period) ➜ 内裏

noun:

• Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana) ➜ 垂加神道