noun:

• post box on the front door; letterbox - From English "door post"

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun:

• interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
• top; summit
• surface; on
• before; previous
• superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder)
• on top of that; besides; what's more
• upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
• matters concerning...; as concerns ...
• since (i.e. "for that reason") - as ...上は

suffix noun:

• suffix indicating higher social standing - honorific language ➜ 父上
• place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) - archaism
• emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo - archaism
• noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) - archaism

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• general; universal
• ordinary; average; common Antonym: 特殊

adjectival noun / noun:

• the same; no different; (just) as if - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• invention

adjectival noun:

• intelligent; clever ➜ 聡明

noun / ~する noun:

• being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear - archaism

adverb:

• before long; soon
• almost; nearly
• finally; in the end; eventually

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• natural; reasonable; obvious
• usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm

noun:

• hostel; dormitory
• bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

noun:

• background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context
• backing; support (from behind the scenes)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• exactly; precisely; punctually; on the dot - onomatopoeia
• closely; tightly; (fitting) perfectly - onomatopoeia
• properly; without fail - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

noun:

• the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• rapidly; one after the other - onomatopoeia
• without hesitation; unreservedly; freely - onomatopoeia
• sound of tramping; stomping - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun:

• kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family
• similar example; parallel; the like

noun:

• vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool
• (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel; turmoil

noun:

• exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much
• misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

noun:

• vocal message; speech; statement
• prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

noun / ~する noun:

• settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation

noun / adjectival noun:

• composure; calmness

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the mound; being knocked out - Baseball term ➜ 登板
• resigning from a role or position

noun / ~の noun:

• Koran; Qur'an; Quran; the Islamic holy book - From Arabic "kuran"

noun:

• beach; water's edge
• coastline; national border; before entering the country

noun / ~する noun:

• dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty