noun:

• level of maturity (not used for mental maturity)

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

noun:

• system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

noun / ~する noun:

• winning by an ippon; winning by a point - Martial Arts term

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki ➜ 繦

noun:

• federation of states; confederation of nations

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

noun / ~の noun:

• pursuit of profits; profit-seeking

noun:

• a type of fox spirit

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with

noun:

• out of order execution - IT term

noun:

• playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop
• participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.

noun:

• chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 題目

noun:

• test of courage; dare

noun:

• consent to an application for a contract - obscure term

noun:

• bird of paradise flower; Strelitzia reginae - From Latin "Strelitzia" ➜ 極楽鳥花

noun:

• use of (military) force

expression:

• what kind of business; what sort of matter

noun / ~する noun:

• setting an example

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be out of resources; to run out of stock

noun:

• street in front of station

noun:

• day of departure

noun:

• lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the point of a sword; the advance of an army

noun:

• fried cake of minced meat - From English "mince cutlet"