noun:

• main fermenting mash (in production of sake or soy sauce); unrefined sake or soy sauce

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• unrefined (sake, soy sauce, etc.); rough

noun:

• high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest - abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" - honorific language - Buddhism term
• initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂
• monk who conducts religious services - Buddhism term

noun:

• great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family) - archaism
• crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
• to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up
• to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe
• to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
• to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
• to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup - slang

noun:

• length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)
• height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)

noun:

• the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period

noun:

• high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

particle:

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

expression:

• the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly ➜ 困った事

noun:

• having food stuck around the mouth; having food all over the face

noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream) - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb:

• to put in; to place inside; to push into; to stuff into

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed
• to be in high spirits; to be excited

noun:

• sink (e.g. kitchen)

~の noun / noun:

• cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.)

noun:

• washing area in a Japanese-style bath
• back-washing service (in a public bath)
• floating (something on water); setting adrift; washing away

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby)
• to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent; to be in fashion; to be in vogue; to be current; to come into use

expression / adjective:

• to neither itch nor feel pain; to not be affected by something; to not feel the effects of something

noun:

• year-end gift ➜ お歳暮
• end of the year; year end

noun:

• frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.)
• breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

noun:

• Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age) ➜ 五奉行

noun:

• the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
• the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC and digital camera)

expression:

• like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - proverb

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