noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

numeric / prefix:

• one - １ can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents ➜ ワン

~の noun / suffix:

• best

~の noun:

• first; foremost

noun:

• beginning; start
• ace (playing card) ➜ エース
• bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• concentration; diligence; devotion
• asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment ➜ 六波羅蜜
• adherence to a vegetarian diet

noun:

• starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off
• clearing an abacus - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary inspection; having a look in advance
• preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes)

noun:

• siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard ➜ 下見板【したみいた】

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) - abbreviation
• lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall)
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) ➜ 桟竹

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

noun:

• corsage; small bouquet worn by a woman - From French
• bodice of a woman's dress - archaism

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun:

• scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage ➜ 男旱【おとこひでり】

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる

noun:

• scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage ➜ 女ひでり【おんなひでり】

noun:

• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets ➜ お目覚

noun:

• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term ➜ 待婚期間

noun / ~する noun:

• profit; gains
• benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.)
• grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle ［りやく］

noun:

• middle of a word
• within a word

adjectival noun / adverb / ~の noun:

• as one would expect
• still; all the same
• even... (e.g. "even a genius...") - as さすがの〜も

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

expression:

• no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• man (esp. one who is well-respected)
• samurai ➜ 侍

suffix noun:

• person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member