noun:

• involuntary upgrade; operational upgrade; free upgrade to business or first class on an overbooked flight

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures) ➜ 県立高等学校

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
• to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by
• to deal with (an issue)
• to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to take part in

adjectival noun / ~と adverb / noun:

• jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• grinding noise
• precisely; correctly (e.g. when working, etc.)

noun:

• acrida cinerea; oriental longheaded locust ➜ 精霊飛蝗

noun:

• dignity; credit; public estimation; face; honor; reputation
• deed of sale (for a land, forest or house) - archaism
• sale value; selling price - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

noun:

• dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried - Food term

noun:

• cutover; cut-over; starting new (IT) equipment; transferring from the old to a new (hardware and/or software) system - IT term

expression:

• we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom

noun:

• spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death ➜ 御盆
• the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

noun:

• stamp book; pilgrim's passport; souvenir seal albumn; book for collecting commemorative seals or stamps (at tourist sights, temples, shrines, etc.)

noun:

• stamp book; pilgrim's passport; souvenir seal albumn; book for collecting commemorative seals or stamps (at tourist sights, temples, shrines, etc.)

noun:

• official notice
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ［お触れ・御触れ］ - abbreviation ➜ お触書

adverb / ~の noun:

• much more; still more; all the more; more than ever

noun / ~の noun:

• single layer (or storey, etc.)

adverb:

• rather; sooner; preferably - archaism ➜ いっそ

noun:

• mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth)
• parent body; parent organization; base; basis; nucleus

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tap; rap-tap; tapping - onomatopoeia
• without delay; smoothly; without a hitch

adjectival noun:

• even; equal; with no advantage or disadvantage

noun:

• bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva) - Buddhism term
• grain of rice; cooked rice ［しゃり］ ➜ しゃり

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

noun:

• glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal ➜ 燠【おき】

noun / ~する noun:

• pouring alcohol
• person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman)
• (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

noun:

• story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line ➜ 落語

expression:

• almost never; few and far between; little or nothing; hardly any; hardly anything at all; very little

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of something thick and soft being pierced by something sharp and hard - onomatopoeia
• containing sullen anger or discontent

noun:

• high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running)

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji) - obsolete term