noun / ~の noun:

• payment moratorium; extension on payment; respite for payment

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate

noun:

• head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest ➜ 真っ向【まっこう】

noun:

• view of marriage; outlook on marriage; attitude towards marriage

noun:

• glossy hair; glossy fur; glossy coat (on an animal)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss out on going; to fail to go

noun:

• railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing
• starting line; scratch
• determination
• stepping over the edge of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term
• UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile) ➜ 潜水艦発射弾道ミサイル【せんすいかんはっしゃだんどうミサイル】

noun:

• sole (esp. the tonguefishes of family Cynoglossidae, but also the true soles of family Soleidae)
• red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "ni" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow) - archaism
• bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

noun:

• Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period

noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

noun:

• service at the head office; work at the home office ➜ 詰め【つめ】

noun:

• surface of the water; face of the water ➜ 水面【すいめん】

suffix:

• seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

noun:

• the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple

expression / noun:

• sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

noun:

• the seven forms of Avalokitesvara ➜ 観世音
• the seven Avalokitesvaras of Kyoto

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)

expression:

• the first sign of bad luck; the first bad omen ➜ けちをつける

noun:

• counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses

noun:

• crow cawing in the morning; crows crying in the morning - obscure term ➜ 明け烏