noun:

• (one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife

noun:

• starting lineup; player in the starting lineup - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ スターティングメンバー

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud ➜ 泥遊び【どろあそび】

noun:

• setting moon; moon setting in the West

noun:

• overall victory; victory in the overall standings

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
• to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
• to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
• to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
• to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
• to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
• to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
• to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
• to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

noun:

• head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
• owner; proprietor; proprietress
• subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
• guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
• husband

pronoun:

• you - familiar language ➜ おぬし

noun:

• texture; grain
• one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; bare skin; scalp
• surface of the earth; bare ground
• surface of a sword blade

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

noun:

• summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month) - Buddhism term

expression:

• the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains

noun / ~する noun:

• deep realization (realisation); profound realization
• one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted
• unexpectedly obtaining something

noun:

• registration of transfer of shares; entry of a change of holders in the register of shareholders

godan ~す verb:

• to dislocate one's back ➜ 腰を抜かす
• to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs

noun:

• townspeople; townsfolk; commoner; civilian; merchant; tradesman; tradeswoman; tradespeople; artisan; members of the lowest Edo-period social class (comprising commoners not involved in farming)

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to float
• to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp
• to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet ➜ 腰を浮かす

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

noun / ~の noun:

• head; chief

noun:

• chairman; governor; president ［主席］
• top student; head of the class ［首席］
• top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

noun:

• native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 国字
• made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation
• creating a character with a group of people ➜ 人文字