godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

noun:

• the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

noun:

• pitch that hits the batter - Baseball term - From English "dead ball"

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• middle of the month

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to take advantage of the troubled times (of an ambitious adventurer) - obscure term

noun:

• traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back ➜ 島田髷

adjectival noun / noun:

• common; simple

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple ➜ 六知事

noun:

• common chord; triad

noun:

• the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji) ➜ 京都五山

noun:

• drama in verse

noun:

• set-in sleeve

expression:

• as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped ➜ 振る【ふる】

expression:

• in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of ➜ に照らして

noun:

• the third

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• accessory before the fact ➜ 事前従犯

noun:

• playing the game of go - archaism ➜ 囲碁

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to win the prize; to win the ring

noun:

• luck in gambling

adverb / noun:

• the deepest bottom of the earth; never; not ... at all; on no account; for all the world; till doomsday