noun:

• dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock) - archaism

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun ➜ 連用形

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki ➜ 繦

noun:

• tie-dyeing - archaism - obscure term
• heraldic design of a square with a hole in the center - obscure term

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho ➜ どっこい
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm ➜ どっこい

noun / ~する noun:

• turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

noun / ~する noun:

• bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

noun:

• returning of a package to depot after a failed delivery attempt

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
• to sting; to bite ➜ 螫す
• to sew; to stitch; to embroider
• to pole (a boat) ➜ 差す
• to catch (with a limed pole)
• to put (a runner) out; to pick off - Baseball term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
• to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
• to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
• to grasp (a point); to comprehend
• to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

noun:

• loading a horse with passengers or baggage
• driving a horse into a pen
• Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid) - abbreviation ➜ 馬追虫

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get a rakeoff; to get a kickback; to take a kickback

adverb:

• in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

noun:

• lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)

noun:

• baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants

noun:

• euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work ➜ 五月病・六月病

noun:

• state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period

noun:

• distinctive body odor (odour) of the middle-aged and elderly (caused by the chemical nonenal) ➜ ノネナール

noun:

• brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister) - abbreviation ➜ ブラザーコンプレックス・シスコン
• black contemporary (music) - abbreviation ➜ ブラックコンテンポラリー

noun:

• agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future