noun / ~する noun:

• changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over
• changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

noun:

• sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 鎌髭

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道

noun:

• bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism) ➜ 善知識

noun:

• walleyes (from London-Paris, i.e. "One eye looks at London, one eye looks at Paris"); squint; divergent strabismus - colloquialism

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to rinse (one's mouth); to gargle ➜ 濯ぐ【すすぐ】

noun / adjectival noun:

• being totally upset (by); being completely nonplused (by); being mortified (at); feeling aggrieved (at); finding (it) highly regrettable - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun / ~の noun:

• woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing

noun:

• tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings

noun:

• Chinese "Turtle Beak" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・白虎【びゃっこ】

ichidan verb:

• to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers)
• to cleanly forget

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• ura-nage (in judo, an over-the-head throw performed by rolling backwards) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice

yodan ~く verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat - archaism

noun:

• staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

noun:

• (one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

noun:

• onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia) - Linguistics term ➜ 擬音語