noun:

• Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 右大臣

noun:

• armor, helmet & shield (armour) - obscure term
• kakurei, kakuun & kakumei (first, fifth and fifty-eighth years of the sexagenary cycle; times of civil unrest according to Onmyōdō) ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian) ［れいはいどう］
• place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto) ［らいはいどう］

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かして

noun:

• virtuous deed; act of merit - Buddhism term
• grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing - Buddhism term

noun:

• palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 科挙
• examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 式部省

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting; presentation

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - salutation of a formal letter - honorific language

noun:

• lei (garland of flowers) - From Hawaiian
• lei (plural of leu; currency of Rumania and Moldova) - From or ➜ レウ

noun:

• temple kitchen; monastery kitchen - Buddhism term
• quarters of a head priest (and his family) - Buddhism term

noun:

• rupa (form) - Buddhism term ➜ 五蘊
• visible objects (i.e. color and form)

noun:

• coulomb - From French
• cron (computer job run at specific time) - IT term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to disclose; to divulge; to expose
• to open (and rob) a grave

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean) - derogatory term

noun:

• nasal plug
• wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place - Architecture term

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
• top; summit
• surface; on
• before; previous
• superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder)
• on top of that; besides; what's more
• upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
• matters concerning...; as concerns ...
• since (i.e. "for that reason") - as ...上は

suffix noun:

• suffix indicating higher social standing - honorific language ➜ 父上
• place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) - archaism
• emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo - archaism
• noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) - archaism

noun:

• fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
• relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
• family ties; affinity
• opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) ［えん］
• pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) ［えん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• narrow open-air veranda ［えん］ - also written as 椽

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• work, items, etc. carried over from earlier - colloquialism ➜ 持ち越す

noun / ~する noun:

• hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• always; forever - after the -te form of a verb ➜ 止む
• very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)

noun:

• stock (in grafting)
• wood used as a platform (or base, etc.); block (i.e. chopping block); (gun) stock; unworked block of wood

noun:

• life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
• lifetime; lifespan
• most important thing; foundation; core
• paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
• fate; destiny; karma - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
• to scatter; to be dispersed
• to disappear; to dissolve; to break up
• to spread; to run; to blur
• to die a noble death

noun / ~する noun:

• straining; draining

noun:

• drainer; strainer; colander
• cutwater (on ship); forefoot; drip (on building); flashing; throating; starling (on bridge)
• stone skipping; skipping rocks; ducks and drakes

noun / ~する noun:

• snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
• to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount ➜ 載る【のる】
• to reach; to go over; to pass
• to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
• to take part; to participate; to join
• to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
• to be deceived; to be taken in
• to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る
• to stick; to attach; to take; to go on - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る

noun:

• expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be
• nock (of a bow)
• nock (of an arrow)
• nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) - Sumo term ➜ はず押し【はずおし】
• wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out