noun:

• merchant; trader
• expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine ➜ 商売女・水商売

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port
• opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

noun:

• "awakening of insects" solar term (approx. Mar. 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)

noun:

• roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
• (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments ➜ 腹の虫が治まらない【はらのむしがおさまらない】
• (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger ➜ 腹の虫が鳴る【はらのむしがなる】

noun:

• extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge) ➜ 枢【くるる】

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same [literal] - idiom

noun:

• true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
• Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa) ➜ 大和紙魚
• someone who is unable to apply what they have read - derogatory term

noun:

• one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin - four character idiom

noun:

• arms business; arms dealing; weapons trade; weapons dealing

noun:

• (being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence ➜ 圏内

adverb:

• much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone

noun:

• expansion (in space) of a sales area; increase in the number of beds (in a hospital, etc.)

noun:

• mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range - obscure term ➜ 山塊

noun:

• main gate; front gate - obscure term
• latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 迹門

noun:

• the Emperor; His Majesty - honorific language
• the government; the authorities - honorific language
• proprietress; hostess; landlady; mistress - also written 女将 ➜ 女将
• your wife; his wife - also written 御内儀 or 内儀 - honorific language - archaism
• (one's) master; lord - honorific language - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

expression:

• towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic) ➜ 向ける

noun:

• phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology) - From Latin
• phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo - four character idiom