noun:

• thin cedar or cypress shingles (4.5-6 mm thick, used for shingling roofs of temples, shrines, etc.)

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

expression / godan ~う verb (spec.):

• to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

noun / ~の noun:

• leather; tanned animal hide; suede
• kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)

noun:

• eldest child; oldest child; first-born child
• child who carries on the family name
• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領【すべおさ】
• head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period) - archaism

noun:

• grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

noun:

• sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence

noun / ~する noun:

• waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to apply for a job; to apply for work

expression:

• In for a penny, in for a pound - idiom

noun:

• paper flowers ［紙花］
• paper flowers for a funeral ［紙花］ - archaism
• paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation) ➜ 小菊【こぎく】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to form a pair; to pair up

noun:

• vehicle-mounted electricity generator (e.g. for filming, emergencies, etc.)
• power-generating railway car (e.g. for air-conditioning on a non-electric train)

noun:

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

noun:

• apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock ➜ 火蓋を切る

noun / ~する noun:

• closing up shop (for the day)
• stopping business; going out of business

noun:

• chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed)
• musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage

noun:

• training partner
• training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)

noun:

• services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

noun:

• useable footage ratio; proportion of footage that can be used for the final cut

noun:

• Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate