noun:

• ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese

noun:

• starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.) - esp. 上 for stairs, 登 for mountain

noun:

• shrike (any bird of family Laniidae)
• bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird

noun:

• different seat; special seat; separate room
• temporary rank after merging of two separate rankings in 1930s - Sumo term

noun:

• marks or dots used to emphasize text passage (emphasise)
• marks to facilitate reading of kanbun

noun:

• fruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae); vinegar fly; pomace fly; banana fly ➜ 実蠅

noun:

• yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle

noun:

• stormy weather (at sea) Antonym: 凪
• poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
• poor turn-out; recession

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out ➜ 染み出る
• to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun:

• administration established through an unprincipled political coalition; government of convenience; cabinet created through an unholy alliance - four character idiom

noun:

• immunity from arrest (i.e. of Diet members or foreign diplomats); diplomatic immunity; parliamentary immunity; legislative immunity

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)

noun:

• formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress
• blackberry lily (Belamcanda Chinensis); leopard lily; leopard flower

noun:

• demi-glace (type of brown sauce)

noun:

• Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife closely related to purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria)

noun:

• woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves) - abbreviation
• beggar ➜ 薦被り
• Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia) - archaism ➜ 真菰

noun:

• Trapa japonica (species of plant closely related to water chestnut or water caltrop)
• caltrop (weapon); caltrap

adverb:

• bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) - onomatopoeia
• doing something at a mad pace (spend money, work)

noun:

• bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be relieved of a worry; to get a load off one's chest

noun:

• three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

noun:

• punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

noun:

• lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners
• small shrine

~よい adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)