noun:

• forming by hand (instead of using a potter's wheel, etc.); handwork

noun:

• (one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

noun:

• pushing down (one's opponent) by leaning on (him)

noun:

• (one's) parents preventing one from doing something; (one's) parents' protests

noun:

• uncle (older than one's parent) - honorific language

noun:

• (one's) older brother - familiar language ➜ お兄ちゃん

~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• law of equilibrium (Le Chatelier's principle) - obscure term

noun:

• Records of Ancient Matters (Japan's oldest historical record)

noun:

• Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)

noun:

• peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)

noun:

• Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Isshi (lake monster said to be living in Kyushu's Lake Ikeda)

noun:

• (another's respected) father

expression / ~の noun:

• according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation

noun:

• (Self Defense Force's Air Force) general (defence); lieutenant; major

noun:

• longevity celebration (on one's 40th, 50th, 60th, etc. birthday)

noun:

• (China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76) - abbreviation ➜ 文化大革命

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

noun:

• (flower's) style

noun:

• way one holds (one's writing brush); how to hold (chopsticks)

noun:

• gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to install (a person) in (someone's) place

noun:

• (one's) administrative responsibilities

noun:

• years of (someone's) birth and death