noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神

noun:

• stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation
• one's turf; domain; territory; jurisdiction; sphere of influence

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

expression / adjective:

• simple (e.g. matter); problem free
• hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand - Mahjong term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
• to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
• to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

noun:

• (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance) - four character idiom
• establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
• to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
• to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
• to go to (for pleasure or for study) - as 〜に遊ぶ
• to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration - Baseball term

noun:

• any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region) ➜ 西国三十三所

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together

godan ~る verb:

• to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet); to buzz - colloquialism

noun:

• fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
• string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
• food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
• leaving (one's master's place for home)

suffix noun / noun:

• a little after ...

~の noun / noun:

• totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom

noun:

• installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine

adverb:

• before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

noun:

• one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

expression / noun:

• heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity

expression:

• the way one talks; one's way of speaking

expression:

• without noticing; before one realizes; before one is aware of

noun / ~する noun:

• working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

noun:

• being of one mind; acting in one accord; behaving in perfect harmony - four character idiom

noun:

• place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment