noun:

• complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• quiet and lonely - archaism

noun:

• lower government office (ritsuryo system)
• servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer
• servant of an urban family
• serf ➜ 被官百姓

noun:

• method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

noun:

• chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting
• sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)

noun:

• traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5th event at Kamigamo shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term

noun:

• national language
• Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) ➜ 国語科
• native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

noun / ~する noun:

• calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count
• bill; check; account; payment (of a bill); settlement (of an account)
• consideration; allowance

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping out of school; withdrawing from school
• expulsion from school; dismissal
• leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

noun:

• household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel)
• husband

noun / ~する noun:

• standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together
• flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

noun / ~する noun:

• grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to inlay; to insert; to set
• to plug in (to a formula); to immerse - Mathematics term
• to trick; to deceive

noun / ~する noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others ➜ 御裾分け

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing ➜ 書き損じ
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) ➜ 書き損じ

noun:

• unknown (e.g. in an equation) - Mathematics term
• element (of a set) - Mathematics term
• yuan (monetary unit of China)
• Yuan dynasty (China)

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; horses work best together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb ➜ 牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• pumice stone
• loose rock; loose stone
• floating group (in the game of go); group without a base

noun:

• tag team (wrestling) - Sports term
• working together as a team

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard)

noun:

• article for sale; goods for sale; offering; For Sale (on a sign)
• specialty; selling point