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 / ~する noun:

• engraving a woodblock or seal
• woodblock or seal engraver

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

ichidan verb / transitive:

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

noun:

• looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count)
• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark - colloquialism ➜ 長音符【ちょうおんぷ】

adverb / ~する noun:

• roughly; approximately; loosely - onomatopoeia
• cutting or breaking apart with vigour - onomatopoeia
• deeply (cut or split) - onomatopoeia
• rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita) - onomatopoeia
• sound of treading on pebbles - onomatopoeia

noun:

• this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind - Buddhism term

noun:

• public bath; communal bath
• public bath or hot springs maintained by the local community and free or low fee

particle:

• or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options)
• ... or ... - usu. in the form ...なり...なり
• as soon as; right after - after dictionary form verb
• while still; with previous state still in effect - after past tense verb

noun:

• half interchange (an interchange that lacks an exit or an entrance in either or both directions)

noun:

• twisted thread or yarn; twining of thread or yarn

noun:

• colour picture or painting; color picture or painting

particle:

• yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? - used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)
• or; whether or not - after each alternative
• some- (e.g. something, someone) - after an interrogative ➜ 何か
• hmm; huh - indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles ➜ とか

prefix:

• very - emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective ➜ か弱い

suffix:

• -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y - suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word ➜ 定か

adverb:

• in that way - archaism

expression / noun:

• doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom

adjective:

• slow; time-consuming; sluggish ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］
• late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• too late; having missed the boat ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• dull; stupid ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］ - archaism

ichidan verb:

• to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together

noun / ~する noun:

• favourite poem or song; favorite poem or song
• lover of poetry and song

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue

expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

noun:

• original spelling or kana usage
• spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)

noun:

• merchant; trader
• expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine ➜ 商売女・水商売

expression:

• whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

noun / ~の noun:

• around there; near there
• or thereabouts; or so
• such a matter; such a thing