noun:

• book of registration; text of a play

noun:

• start of a romance; beginning of love

noun:

• expiration of a term of service

noun:

• anniversary of the end of a war

noun:

• leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

noun:

• type of vessel; design of a ship

adjective:

• possessed of a strong sense of duty

noun:

• area of a piece of land; acreage

noun:

• clang of hoofs; sound of a koto

noun:

• skin-side (of a fillet of fish)

noun:

• lack of leadership (esp. of a teacher)

noun:

• number of dialectal versions of a word

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera)
• to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.)
• to shift (position); to be slightly off

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) - 貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males - polite language
• dear (what a wife calls a husband) ［貴方・貴男］

noun / ~する noun:

• listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public
• presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance ➜ 上演

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

noun:

• time of delivery (of a child)

noun:

• time of delivery (of a child)

noun:

• expiration of term of a vow - Buddhism term

noun:

• age of decline (of a nation)

noun:

• angle of recess (of a gear)

noun:

• arc of recess (of a gear)