noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

noun:

• Kyoto's children
• Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn on; to switch on; to light up ➜ 付ける【つける】

noun:

• 1st in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 1st note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 2nd in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 2nd note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• third in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; third note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 4th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 4th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 5th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 5th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 6th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 6th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 7th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 7th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• Maratha; Mahratta; member of the Hindu people of Maharashtra (esp. a member of the royal or military caste)

noun:

• warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud ➜ 土蔵造り

noun / ~する noun:

• building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

noun:

• reversal; return
• return gift; return favour (favor) ➜ お返し
• barb (on a fishing hook)
• mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate

~する noun:

• to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• considerable; substantial

adverb:

• considerably; rather; quite; fairly; pretty

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send some on out - Kyōto dialect

noun / ~の noun:

• center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance

suffix:

• -centered; -centred; -focussed; -oriented; centered on; focussed on

expression:

• things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)

noun:

• Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back) - archaism

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

noun:

• low-ranking soldier
• graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from) - abbreviation ➜ 卒業
• low-ranking samurai (1870-1872) - abbreviation ➜ 卒族
• death (of a noble, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 卒去

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent