noun:

• provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office
• public place of imperial rule

noun:

• comments on current events; public sentiments of the day; current view; contemporary opinion

noun:

• lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light

noun:

• rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)

noun:

• dishonor that persists after death ➜ 生き恥
• shame at the moment of one's death

noun:

• Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night

noun:

• cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

expression / adjective:

• extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• flake; chip
• speck or flake used for the production of stone tools

noun / ~する noun:

• burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)

noun:

• ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank - Sumo term

noun:

• grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2 - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability- (merit-) based (promotion, pay scale, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• for ever and ever; (through) eternity; countless ages; till the end of time - four character idiom

noun:

• violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

noun:

• yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

noun:

• drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae)
• Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

noun:

• Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
• Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• three-person saddle

noun:

• Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department) - obsolete term ➜ 官幣社

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.