noun:

• (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district ➜ 大選挙区制

noun:

• Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

expression:

• forming; comprising; making up ➜ 為す【なす】

adverb / interjection:

• why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for ➜ 如何して【どうして】

noun:

• constellation - Astronomy term
• mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星【せい】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spread one's legs
• to agree to have sex (for a woman)

adjectival noun:

• kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful
• intimate ➜ 懇ろになる

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship) - archaism

noun:

• that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ➜ 何れ・此れ・其れ
• that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
• over there - archaism
• down there (i.e. one's genitals) ［あれ］ - colloquialism
• period; menses ［あれ］ - colloquialism

interjection:

• hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?

noun:

• that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)

noun:

• one edge; one end; one side ➜ 片端【かたはし】

noun:

• one hit; one drink; one toke - slang

expression / adverb:

• one by one; one after another

noun / ~する noun:

• yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts)

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• seasonal change of clothing; changing (one's) dress for the season - reading is gikun for 更衣 ➜ 更衣【こうい】
• renovation; facelift; changing appearance

noun:

• being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one - four character idiom

noun:

• one's parents' home - honorific language - polite language
• one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

expression:

• if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy - from Sun Tzu's The Art of War - proverb

expression:

• burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom [literal] - idiom

noun:

• food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu) - Food term

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another ➜ 密会・乳繰り合う

expression:

• even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb

noun:

• roadside grass; roadside weeds
• guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide
• Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) ➜ 力芝

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to search for; to seek for; to look for

adverb / interjection:

• why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for ➜ どうやって

noun:

• (one) matter; (one) item; (one) case