expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)

noun:

• loading a horse with passengers or baggage
• driving a horse into a pen
• Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid) - abbreviation ➜ 馬追虫

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

noun:

• clasping your chopsticks between your hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)

noun / suffix noun:

• compilation (of a text); editing

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• volume (of a text)
• completed literary work

noun:

• beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page
• beginning (of a matter); start

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to establish a school of; to make a home of one's own

noun:

• exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
• study of biblical interpretation

noun:

• Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother - From Portuguese "Santa Maria"
• Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)

noun:

• techno-superliner (high-speed Japanese cargo ship); TSL

noun:

• statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription)
• becoming invalid or void after a set time
• ageing; aging - Chemistry term ➜ 時効硬化

noun:

• entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
• start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

noun:

• a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame) - four character idiom

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

noun:

• tongue
• tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

noun:

• sense of language
• feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance

noun / ~する noun:

• cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)

noun:

• end of a road; end of a street

noun:

• adipocere; grave wax; greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place (graying)

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

noun:

• category killer; retailer that sells a wide selection of a given category of goods - Business term

expression / adjectival noun:

• crumpled up (of a face; like the face of a Japanese spaniel while it's sneezing) - humorous term