expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return

noun / ~の noun:

• inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.)
• family matters; household affairs; personal business

noun:

• infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

noun:

• comprador; compradore
• person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country

noun:

• bulletin board displaying the name, age, offence, etc. of a criminal sentenced to death (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• scroll; rolled book; makimono - usu. 巻(き)物
• scarf; muffler; stole - usu. 巻きもの
• sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling - usu. 巻きもの ➜ 巻き寿司【まきずし】

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb / prefix noun:

• occurring frequently; being susceptible; age, body part, group of people, etc. in which a disease or condition occurs especially frequently - Medicine term

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do ➜ 兼ねない

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
• to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
• to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
• to think of the future (as well as the present)

noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period) ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with)
• to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to
• to be understood; to be comprehended
• to be honored; to be good
• to be well versed in; to be well-informed
• to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)
• to form a liaison; to be intimate
• to spread widely; to disseminate

noun:

• white powder (lead carbonate) used in the past as face pigment and used in paint more recently

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun:

• message butting in (to a conversation between two other people on a BBS, etc.) - slang

noun:

• bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet) ➜ 鐘

noun:

• female cook; kitchenmaid
• woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses - archaism

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

noun:

• nose piercing; nose ring - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• nose piercing; nose ring ➜ 鼻ピ

noun:

• ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)