noun:

• (an) authority; (a) source; (written) reference

noun:

• written description of one's thoughts

noun:

• written record of one's relatives

noun:

• (historical) written vow to the gods

noun:

• document written under duress ［圧状］ - archaism
• coercion - esp. 往生 ➜ 往生【おうじょう】

noun:

• store name written on a noren ➜ 暖簾

noun:

• fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength) - from 出来合いのレース - abbreviation

noun:

• zip fastener; zipper; zip - poss. from 巾着 (きんちゃく)
• chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)

noun:

• rock (in rock, paper, scissors game) ➜ じゃん拳・グー

adverb / noun:

• sound made through constricted throat - onomatopoeia ➜ ぐうの音も出ない
• sound made in suffering or under adversity - onomatopoeia

noun:

• servant; valet; footman
• someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family - archaism
• low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system) - archaism
• ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy - archaism
• honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies ➜ 宮内省

noun:

• three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga)
• three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito) ➜ 御三家

adverb:

• sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

adjectival noun / noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

noun / adjectival noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set - four character idiom

expression:

• don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

godan ~つ verb:

• to show signs of
• to show one's feelings or emotions in one's facial expression or behavior
• to put on airs
• to be become animated with voices and noise

noun:

• promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU

noun:

• promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU

noun:

• writing something on commission; newly written text

noun:

• prophetic writing (e.g. Biblical); written prophecy

noun:

• written imperial order (late Heian period)

noun:

• cross-wise writing; alphabet usually written horizontally