adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to

noun / adjectival noun:

• forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium

noun:

• within a dream; while dreaming

noun:

• forced reduction of a daimyo's land by the Edo Shogunate; curtailment of a daimyo's domain - archaism

noun:

• doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

noun / ~する noun:

• shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy - Economics term
• softening
• release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)

noun:

• preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) ［おしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) ［かしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) ［わじょう］ - usu. 和上 - honorific language
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism ➜ 法眼
• monk (esp. the head monk of a temple) ［おしょう・かしょう］
• master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up

noun:

• young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
• young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
• younger partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ 念者【ねんしゃ】

noun:

• custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice

noun / ~する noun:

• declaration of intent; declaration of intention; expression of one's intention; manifestation of intention

expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

noun / prefix:

• both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.)

noun:

• ryo (obsolete unit of currency)
• 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) ➜ 斤
• 2 tan (measure of fabric size) ➜ 反【たん】

counter:

• counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles - also written 輛 and 輌

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time

noun:

• riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.) - slang
• sharing a seat; sharing a chair - slang

noun:

• getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again - Sumo term
• starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

noun:

• lower tier; lower step; lower column; lower berth; bottom shelf
• low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• derivation (e.g. in math, logic); drawing (conclusion, summary etc.); leading (e.g. to a conclusion, opinion, etc.)

noun:

• refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi

noun:

• Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money - obscure term ➜ 辻講釈

noun:

• study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
• provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law) - archaism ➜ 大学

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wake up; to awake
• to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize
• to come to one's senses

noun:

• New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII)
• New Year's party ➜ 新年会

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

noun:

• light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout
• aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium) - usu. 雪平鍋