noun:

• working as a servant for a series of masters

noun:

• wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

expression:

• a disgrace (to a whole group of people)

noun:

• wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

noun:

• prize for a single stage of a relay race

~の noun:

• anti-ship; anti-warship; anti-surface

noun:

• mixture of ingredients (originally five)
• mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles) - abbreviation ➜ 五目飯【ごもくめし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】・五目そば【ごもくそば】
• gomoku (game); five in a row; go-bang - abbreviation ➜ 五目並べ

noun:

• part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 上前

noun:

• child who has survived the suicide of a parent; child of a person who committed suicide

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be boiled down
• to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse - sometimes considered incorrect - colloquialism
• to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

noun:

• thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
• gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税

noun:

• surface mail (ship); sea mail
• ferry service; steamer service

noun:

• liger (offspring of a male lion and a female tiger) ➜ タイゴン

noun:

• a month or older
• back numbers of a monthly

noun / ~する noun:

• driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

noun:

• name of a note in a movable do solfège system - Music term

noun:

• bojutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon); cudgels

noun:

• corpse of a person who has met a violent death

noun:

• price of a flower
• fee for a geisha's companionship

expression:

• being a member of staff but useless as a worker

noun:

• style of garden that features a path around a pond - obscure term

noun:

• call number (e.g. of a book in a library)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• ding; chime (sound of a bell or a small gong) - onomatopoeia