expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
• (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age

noun:

• district; county ［ぐん］
• district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period) ➜ 国郡里制

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver ➜ 五節句

noun / ~する noun:

• being in dire distress; being hard put to it - four character idiom
• the four and eight kinds of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦・八苦

noun / ~する noun:

• kiss - colloquialism

noun / ~と adverb:

• squeak (as in the sound made by mice)
• sound of liquid being sucked up

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• sun - archaism

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 日天子
• sun - archaism

noun:

• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• moon - archaism

noun:

• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 月天子
• moon - archaism

noun:

• food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant) ➜ 膳
• cook; chef; person who prepares food

noun / suffix noun:

• department (in an organization); division; bureau - higher than a 課
• club
• part; component; element
• category

counter:

• counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

noun:

• type of bed linen resembling a large beach towel and used to cover oneself in hot weather - From English "towel blanket"

noun / ~する noun:

• going to war; departure for the front
• departure for military service (in response to a draft)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to let loose something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the field [literal] - idiom

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure - From English "mask blow" ➜ マスククリア

noun:

• deluxe edition (of a book); book in expensive binding; hardcover book

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

noun:

• public recitation right (e.g. reciting a poem in a bookstore)

noun:

• place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)

noun:

• record; minutes; document
• record (e.g. in sports); results; score

~する noun:

• to record; to document
• to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value

noun:

• leg band (e.g. on bird or hospital patient); ring; anklet

noun:

• cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites) ➜ 夏越の祓