noun:

• soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

noun / ~する noun:

• call; summons; paging; curtain call ➜ 呼び出す【よびだす】

noun:

• usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc. - Sumo term
• telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached - abbreviation ➜ 呼び出し電話
• box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse) - archaism ➜ 陸湯
• high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period) - archaism
• unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period) - archaism

~の noun / noun:

• in hand; on hand; on one; in stock; in store

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• handheld

expression / ichidan verb:

• to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

noun / ~の noun:

• pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose
• letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving at large (e.g. a criminal)

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo

noun:

• (crime of) incapacitated rape; crime of sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist - Law term

noun / ~の noun:

• preferential treatment; special favour or benefit; special favor or benefit

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

noun:

• coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term

noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun:

• gratuitous scene inserted in a narrative (in anime, etc.); scene designed purely to excite or titillate the viewer - From English "service cut"

noun:

• extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil - abbreviation - Shintō term ➜ 注連縄
• cordoning off; cordoning-off sign - archaism

noun:

• washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware)
• place for washing oneself in a bathroom

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

expression:

• if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

noun:

• aphid; plant louse
• cockroach - Kansai dialect ➜ ゴキブリ
• Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) - obscure term ➜ 油蝙蝠
• hanger-on; parasite
• visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold or carry under or in the arms
• to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.)
• to employ; to engage; to hire

expression / ichidan verb:

• to establish a lead
• to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hang onto
• to rely on; to depend on

godan ~る verb:

• to implore; to entreat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to talk; to call; to invite
• to call a geisha or prostitute over