adverb:

• please; kindly; I beg of you ➜ 何卒
• by all means; feel free; you are welcome
• here you are - previously written as 何卒

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

adverb:

• now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
• already; yet; by now; (not) anymore ➜ すでに
• further; more; again; another; the other

interjection:

• tsk; dammit; jeez; come on - used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

noun:

• inferior goods; low-quality article
• trifling gift ［粗品］ - humble language
• gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive ［粗品］

noun:

• killing a would-be avenger
• having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar

noun:

• samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
• type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

noun:

• building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds) - archaism ➜ 武徳殿

noun:

• rock fight; stone-throwing fight ➜ 石合戦
• custom by which neighbours or friends threw rocks inside a couple's house on their wedding night

noun:

• macrobiotics; prevention and cure of disease through diet (as expounded by Sagen Ishizuka (1850-1909))
• taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet - abbreviation ➜ 食養生【しょくようじょう】
• dietetics ➜ 食事療法学

noun:

• burglary by lock picking ➜ ピッキング
• lock-picking burglar; lock picker

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to wake someone (by calling for them); to awaken
• to call (to mind); to remember

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to mature (esp. by fermentation); to ripen (e.g. wine, cheese); to be properly aged; to become seasoned
• to rot - archaism

adjectival noun / noun:

• grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close
• barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin

noun / ~する noun:

• overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

noun:

• store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

adjectival noun:

• madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for)

adverb:

• from the heart; entirely; completely

noun:

• bottom of one's heart - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism - four character idiom

expression:

• don't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high [literal] - proverb

expression:

• zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips - colloquialism ➜ チャック

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札