noun:

• pit (of a fruit); stone - obscure term
• core
• tongue (piece of wood used to connect two boards)
• clitoris

noun:

• sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)

noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 棟上げ式【むねあげしき】

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 餅まき

noun:

• Maratha; Mahratta; member of the Hindu people of Maharashtra (esp. a member of the royal or military caste)

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 訓仮名【くんがな】・万葉仮名【まんようがな】

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:

• one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke) ➜ 一条【いちじょう】
• a single bloodline

adjectival noun:

• earnest; resolute; intent; devoted
• ordinary; common - archaism

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

expression / adverb:

• to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

noun / ~する noun:

• reading in a monotone
• reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

noun:

• live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt

expression / noun:

• a fish large enough to swallow a whole boat
• great man; notorious man - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series

noun:

• nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital

godan ~う verb:

• to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

expression:

• a wise person always follows the right course; a wise man never wavers - four character idiom

expression:

• show me a liar, and I will show you a thief - proverb

noun:

• eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant) ➜ 丸瓦・瓦当

noun:

• eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant) - archaism ➜ 軒丸瓦

suffix:

• indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
• indicates denomination (after a currency)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up