noun / ~する noun:

• being elected
• being selected (to win a prize, etc.)
• winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) ➜ 当籤

expression / ~の noun:

• the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

noun:

• washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware)
• place for washing oneself in a bathroom

noun / ~する noun:

• kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji)
• reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

noun:

• government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation

noun:

• previous work; preceding work
• first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop

noun:

• advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom

noun:

• company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun / ~する noun:

• join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together - four character idiom

noun:

• points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require attention - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship)

noun:

• distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong

noun:

• cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge ➜ 枢【くるる】
• door

expression:

• to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to - archaism ➜ 垂んとする

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through ➜ 考え事に耽る

noun:

• one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

noun / ~する noun:

• extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression
• making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings - Buddhism term
• curing illness

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• carbonated alcohols; category of alcoholic beverages in liquor tax law which includes beer, happoshu and other drinks with an alcohol percentage of 10 or less ➜ 発泡酒