noun:

• Later Han Dynasty (of China; 25-220 CE) - esp. ごかん
• Later Han Dynasty (of China; 947-950 CE) - esp. こうかん

noun:

• scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness

expression:

• curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

noun / ~の noun:

• number one; first; first place

adverb:

• best; most

noun:

• game; round; bout

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ➜ 試しに

noun:

• song (e.g. in noh); piece

adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia

noun:

• putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name - four character idiom

noun:

• small chrysanthemum
• small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
• paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term

noun:

• palm (of one's hand)
• skill
• scope of one's power
• one's intentions; one's plan
• one's hand (mahjong, card games, etc.)

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven ➜ 短歌
• long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) ［ながうた］ ➜ 長唄

noun:

• the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
• varna (each of the four Hindu castes) ➜ ヴァルナ

noun:

• head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director (botanical garden); zoo director (zoological garden); head of a plantation

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

noun:

• eldest child; oldest child; first-born child
• child who carries on the family name
• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領【すべおさ】
• head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period) - archaism

noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion ➜ 廃れる【すたれる】

noun / ~する noun:

• intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.)
• temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
• to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
• to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
• to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

noun:

• paper flowers ［紙花］
• paper flowers for a funeral ［紙花］ - archaism
• paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation) ➜ 小菊【こぎく】

noun:

• picture of the world; world picture; image of the world; Weltbild

noun:

• first runner (in a relay race)
• top-class runner
• vanguard (of a person); front line; cutting edge - idiom
• top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)

noun:

• Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

noun:

• Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• bitter experience; learning from a bad experience; having had enough (of something unpleasant); having had a bellyful; being sick and tired (of something); being fed up