noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky - most oft. used disparagingly
• to get up to speed; to move into gear

noun:

• day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to sound hollow
• to get excited; to become restless
• to be thrown too high; to come in high - Baseball term

noun:

• steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it)
• mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions) ➜ こわめし

noun:

• two-sword school; style of fencing with one sword in each hand ➜ 二天一流
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets
• bisexuality - colloquialism
• player who can play as both pitcher and fielder - Baseball term

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

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

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

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

adverb:

• suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp - onomatopoeia
• considerably; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
• firmly; with an effort; tightly; exerting pressure - onomatopoeia
• completely (e.g. at a loss) - onomatopoeia
• deeply (e.g. moved) - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)
• to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling)
• to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

noun / ~する noun:

• disclosure; leak (of information); divulging
• leakage (e.g. of gas or liquids); leak; escape (e.g. of gas); coming in (through) (e.g. of light)

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

noun:

• number of people
• denominate number
• the number at the start of phrases referring to well known 'somethings', equiv. to 'seven' in "the seven wonders of the world" ➜ 三筆・四天王

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
• to enumerate; to itemize
• to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to act as an agent for; to intermediate
• to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest)
• to convey (a message)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to do with reckless abandon

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind - slang

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; moving in the wrong direction; running counter to (e.g. the laws of nature); running against (e.g. the tide of the times) Antonym: 順行
• retrogradation; retrogression - Astronomy term