noun:

• cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning
• (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) ➜ 煤掃き

noun:

• locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead
• one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans
• fierce god ➜ 鬼神【きしん】

noun:

• mob; crowd of people
• background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-playable character ［モブ］

noun:

• nematomorph; horsehair worm; gordian worm; hair worm (any of the parasitic nematode-like worms of phylum Nematomorpha)

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• starting point; beginning; outset
• drawing (e.g. of a bill); issuing; draft; draught
• shaking out
• throw (of dice); toss
• infusion - abbreviation ➜ 振り出し薬

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

noun:

• period of grace (e.g. in which merchant vessels are allowed to leave a belligerent nation's port after an outbreak of war) - Law term

~と adverb / noun:

• (with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• base (e.g. of a triangle) ［底辺］ - Mathematics term
• low class; low in social standing; low level; of poor reputation

noun:

• base (e.g. of support); foundation; basis

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to prick; to stab
• to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
• to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
• to attack
• to brave (the rain, etc.)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to give (in support)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to present (money or gifts) to a monarch - archaism

noun:

• host (of a party, summit, etc.)
• host (of male host club)

noun / suffix:

• historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)

expression / noun:

• how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

noun:

• words used when miserable or anxious - archaism - obsolete term
• words used to decline or refuse something - archaism - obsolete term
• words used when making an appeal - archaism - obsolete term

noun:

• benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

noun / ~する noun:

• public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a lot of effort (into); to take a strong interest (in); to put great emphasis (on); to show zeal (for) - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price) - from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to plant oneself; to settle in
• to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root

noun / ~する noun:

• inspection of a meter; reading a meter
• needle detection (in garments, etc.); needle inspection