noun:

• a usufructuary right

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say a few words

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to get a fever - archaism

noun:

• a parents' association

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start on a journey; to go on a military expedition

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to uncork a bottle

noun:

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

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

noun:

• foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

expression:

• after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

noun / ~する noun:

• designing a font
• creating a new character not currently available

noun:

• main part of a book

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• dish served in a lacquered bowl
• celebratory banquet ➜ 大盤振る舞い【おおばんぶるまい】

expression:

• after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

noun:

• imperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• burnt to a crisp

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• a little stylish; chic; trendy

noun:

• edge of a street

noun:

• person living with a family; lodger
• housemate; flatmate; roommate

noun:

• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯

noun:

• grandchild from a daughter married into another family

noun:

• place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)