noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to touch; to feel
• to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive
• to touch on (a subject); to allude to; to refer to; to mention
• to be in conflict with; to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to infringe

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to proclaim; to make known; to spread (e.g. a rumour)

noun:

• practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer - From English "bottle keep"

noun:

• box set at a gate of a home or near the front door, used for receiving deliveries of newspapers, mail, milk, etc.

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun:

• super spreader (carrier of a viral disease who spreads the virus to a large number of other people)

expression:

• playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; relaxing while the demon is out [literal] - idiom ➜ 洗濯

noun / ~する noun:

• being brought to a standstill; being stranded; getting stuck; stalling; deadlock
• being stumped; being in a dilemma; stopping in one's tracks; standing speechless
• dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag ➜ 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect; to link together
• to tie; to fasten; to restrain
• to maintain; to preserve; to keep
• to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
• to hedge; to buy or sell forward

noun / ~の noun:

• (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come of age (for a girl) - obscure term ➜ 肩揚げ
• to lengthen the sleeves of a kimono - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• return of the Emperor (from a visit)
• return of a shintai to its shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

noun:

• cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge ➜ 枢【くるる】
• door

noun:

• outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining ➜ 裏地

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］