noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

noun:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 駄目で元々

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full) - archaism

noun:

• kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove - obscure term

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun:

• peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish) - archaism ➜ 鯤

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• explosive boil (after a liquid has been heated to its boiling point); bumping

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

noun:

• reading a text from start to finish
• transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese ➜ よみくだす

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

noun:

• flowers and water offered to Buddha - Buddhism term
• irrigation of a rice field during flowering

noun:

• treating a metal surface to make it look worn and aged; antique finish

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

expression / adjective:

• doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary - after verb phrase

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stripped of all one's clothes
• to lose everything one has

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have one's teeth set on edge
• to get loose teeth

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely