noun:

• very bad condition; awful state; terrible situation; in the shit - usu. as どつぼにはまる ➜ どつぼにはまる
• night-soil reservoir dug in a field ➜ 野壺【のつぼ】
• night-soil pot - orig. meaning
• earthenware vessel; earthen urn - obscure term

pronoun:

• you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)

noun:

• typographical error caused by selecting wrong kanji when word-processing

noun:

• difference between track followed by front and back inner wheels when turning

interjection:

• heave ho (shout used by construction workers, etc. when pulling something big)

noun:

• Leo (constellation); the Lion - Astronomy term
• Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk - Buddhism term ➜ 獅子の座

noun:

• slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house

noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path

noun:

• the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• United Nations General Assembly; General Assembly of the United Nations - abbreviation ➜ 国際連合総会【こくさいれんごうそうかい】

noun:

• General Assembly of the United Nations; United Nations General Assembly

noun / suffix noun:

• entering
• setting (of the sun)
• containing; content; audience ➜ サイン入り
• income
• beginning

ichidan verb:

• to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

interjection:

• welcome; come in; response to a visitor at one's house who has asked to be shown inside - used by samurai families - archaism ➜ 頼もう【たのもう】

noun:

• railroading an opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term

~と adverb / noun:

• (with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun:

• ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) ➜ 書院造り

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

noun:

• blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)