noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

noun:

• nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

noun:

• the same country; the same province; the said country

conjunction / interjection:

• come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
• well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
• well now; let's see; there we go; all right - said when surprised or happy
• about that; you see

suffix:

• particularly; especially
• indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat
• indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used

noun:

• the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節・明治節

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a big bite
• to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to flap; to fly
• to turn over; to flip over
• to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch; to alter; to flip

noun:

• salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours ➜ 割増賃金

noun:

• imperial palace; shrine - honorific language
• Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager
• woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child
• elderly woman of imperial lineage

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

noun:

• enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways - From English "one pattern"

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of the fox spirit; to be exorcised from the fox spirit

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)

noun:

• one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be in opposition; to be in private life

noun:

• as is; in (its) present state; in (its) present condition

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

noun:

• chink (e.g. in fence); gap (e.g. in hedge) ➜ 垣間見る

expression:

• in one go; all at once; altogether; all in one piece ➜ 纏める【まとめる】・纏める【まとめる】

noun:

• the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties - four character idiom

adjective:

• dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
• in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
• uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful
• close (i.e. a close call); narrow