noun:

• category killer; retailer that sells a wide selection of a given category of goods - Business term

noun:

• lower floor; downstairs Antonym: 階上
• bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs Antonym: 階上【かいじょう】

~の noun / noun:

• under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)

noun:

• The Book of Documents; The Book of History; Shujing; Shu Ching ➜ 五経

noun:

• Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma; Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 法華経

noun:

• bones of the feet - obscure term
• the strength of one's feet

noun / ~の noun:

• every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide

noun:

• piece of meat; lump of meat
• the body; the flesh

noun:

• (seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor) - colloquialism

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

noun / ~する noun:

• decommissioning (of a nuclear reactor, furnace, incinerator etc.); decommissioned nuclear reactor (or furnace, incinerator, etc.)

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care ➜ 託する
• to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to leave (a message) with someone
• to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
• to use as a pretext

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care ➜ 託す
• to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to leave (a message) with someone
• to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
• to use as a pretext

expression:

• not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord - from the Book of Rites - proverb ➜ 不倶戴天

noun / ~する noun:

• riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.)
• doing in collaboration
• backing of the same candidate by different political parties

noun:

• cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
• traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

noun:

• one-piece garment with snaps up the front, sort of like a jumpsuit for babies - From English "baby all"

noun:

• road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762) - obscure term

noun:

• platter; serving plate ➜ さらばち・皿鉢料理
• crown of the head - archaism
• flower arrangement in a shallow vase, using sand ［砂鉢］

noun:

• Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

noun:

• Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912 CE)

noun:

• children's haircut having hair in the rear that reaches the nape of the neck - archaism

noun:

• season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring)
• first ten days of the fourth lunar month ➜ 卯月

noun:

• news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information ➜ お知らせ
• omen

interjection:

• word used when calling out to somebody far away