expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

noun:

• lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)

noun:

• person who dates only foreigners - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

particle:

• endorsing and questioning the preceding statement - sentence ending particle
• lamenting reflections on the preceding statement - sentence ending particle

adverb:

• for millennia and millennia; for years and years; forever and ever - archaism

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

noun:

• this thesis; this article; the article under consideration

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom

noun:

• data processing system; computer system; computing system - IT term

noun:

• data processing system; computer system; computing system - IT term

adverb:

• between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves ➜ 波間【なみま】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to bide one's time; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持する

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
• to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan

interjection:

• yes ➜ はい

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あゆの風【あゆのかぜ】

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あいの風

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あいの風

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

noun:

• Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

noun:

• first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season - obscure term