noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

noun / prefix noun:

• having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ... - abbreviation - slang ➜ 専門

noun:

• first; foremost; number one priority - archaism
• doing as one pleases; acting selfishly - archaism
• fired brick - archaism

adverb:

• suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

noun:

• checking the colors on a colored proof (colour)

noun:

• making a strange face; strange face - slang

noun:

• shadow cast by a person's hand

noun:

• transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体

pronoun:

• such-and-such a place ➜ 何処其処【どこそこ】

noun:

• mass or ceremony for the repose of a soul

noun:

• worker with a fixed term contract of employment - abbreviation ➜ 期間契約社員

noun:

• one of a pair; one side

noun:

• drowned body of a person (after sumo wrestler Narusegawa Dozaemon) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege ➜ 約束を守る

noun:

• rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil - abbreviation - Shintō term ➜ 注連縄
• cordoning off; cordoning-off sign - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to assume a posture; to pose; to make a defiant (proud) gesture

expression / ~の noun:

• one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

noun:

• bamboo fence that resembles a fishing net - obscure term

noun:

• hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.

temporal noun:

• a certain month

noun:

• PC using a TV as a monitor - IT term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to defend a fort

ichidan verb:

• to make a pilgrimage

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to commit a crime; to do evil

noun:

• type of leather belt worn with ceremonial court dress and decorated with a rhinoceros horn - obscure term