noun:

• priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached ➜ 払子

noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services
• reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

noun:

• hinoki leaf ➜ 檜
• hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata) ➜ 翌檜
• small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species) ➜ 矮鶏檜葉

noun:

• a fast (dissolute) life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures - four character idiom

counter:

• counter for ships (large boats)
• counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen)
• counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.

noun:

• spirits of war dead
• person of great ability; soul of a talented person

noun:

• final paragraph; final paragraphs; the end of a story of block of text

noun:

• gently sloping mountain (of the less rugged mountain of a pair of mountains) ➜ 男山

noun:

• stripping of honours (as a means of punishment); stripping of rights; public humiliation

noun:

• (a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke)
• one stroke; one brush

noun:

• chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stick through; to force through
• to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
• to make a path between two points
• to proceed in a logical manner ➜ 筋を通す【すじをとおす】
• to let pass; to allow through
• to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
• to go through (a middleman)
• to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
• to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)
• to force to accept; to force agreement
• to continue (in a state); to persist in
• to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...
• to do from beginning to end without a break - in the form とおして…する
• to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party
• to do to the end; to carry through; to complete - after the -te form of a verb

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
• to have sexual intercourse - archaism

adverb:

• bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping - onomatopoeia
• in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

noun / ~する noun:

• lead; leading; taking the lead

noun:

• lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede
• lead (wire)
• lead (e.g. dog); leash
• reed (of a woodwind, etc.)
• lied; German song, usu. for solo voice & piano - From German "Lied" ➜ リート

noun / ~する noun:

• read; reading

noun:

• equation; formula
• method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result

noun:

• boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)
• variety of sexual position - vulgar

noun:

• (something resembling a) goose's neck
• glans; head of a penis

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom