noun:

• big crunch (theoretical reversal of the big bang resulting in the demise of the universe)

noun:

• kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards) - archaism
• (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu ➜ 布衣【ほい】

noun:

• Chlamydoselachus (genus containing only the frilled shark and the Southern African frilled shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae)

noun:

• regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

pronoun:

• that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it ➜ 何れ・此れ・彼【あれ】
• that time; then
• there (indicating a place near the listener) - archaism
• you - archaism

noun:

• Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 左大臣

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

noun:

• first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
• offering (to the gods)

expression / ~の noun:

• (on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web

noun:

• one's free time; one's time off; day off; time-out - From English "off time" ➜ オンタイム

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to resemble; to look like; to take after
• to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like

noun / ~する noun:

• payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold
• inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering - four character idiom

noun:

• Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i

expression:

• great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people - from Mencius - proverb

noun:

• semi-Western, semi-Japanese wooden sailing boat, popular during the latter half of the Meiji period and the Taisho period

noun:

• the 48 basic techniques - four character idiom - Sumo term
• every trick in the book
• the 48 basic sexual positions - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape

noun:

• two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State & the Dept. of Worship) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• middle of the road; on the road
• on the way (to one's destination)

noun:

• ancient language; ancient word
• ancient Japanese language; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period - Linguistics term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel exhausted (after having been stressed); to feel spent; to feel relieved (from stress)
• to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor; to lose flavour

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wake; to wake up
• to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
• to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

noun:

• the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; the true charm
• flavour of ghee; "delicious taste" [figurative] ➜ 醍醐
• Buddha's gracious teachings - Buddhism term

noun:

• the Emperor; His Majesty - honorific language
• the government; the authorities - honorific language
• proprietress; hostess; landlady; mistress - also written 女将 ➜ 女将
• your wife; his wife - also written 御内儀 or 内儀 - honorific language - archaism
• (one's) master; lord - honorific language - archaism