noun:

• top of the head; crown of the head

noun:

• heat of the day; hottest part of the day

expression / noun:

• passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons

expression / noun:

• ultimate fate of the universe; end of the universe - Astronomy term

noun:

• mind of the emperor; inner feelings of the emperor

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a bump; with a clunk - onomatopoeia ➜ こつんと
• yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl - onomatopoeia

noun:

• pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji)
• way of reading (out loud)
• interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.

noun:

• over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription ➜ 売薬

noun:

• stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people - four character idiom

noun:

• The Nonpareil Kitchen; The Kitchen of the Nation (nickname for Osaka)

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

noun / suffix noun:

• tuck (e.g. in a dress) ➜ 縫い揚げ【ぬいあげ】

noun:

• rise (e.g. in price) ［上げ］ Antonym: 下げ

noun:

• chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; paymaster
• chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be added to; to be appended
• to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate
• to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed)
• to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure); to be exerted

noun:

• position (in finance: amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); open interest; outstanding account; sales or purchase contract

adverb:

• a great deal; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
• with a great amount of effort - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• declaring a concealed kong; forming a concealed four-of-a-kind - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth - four character idiom

noun:

• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term
• the seven days of the week

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate
• to taper off (of a sound)