noun:

• (on the) road; (on the) way; (in the) street

noun:

• the whole reel; the whole volume; the complete set

noun:

• in the face of the enemy; before the enemy

noun:

• the eight directions; the whole land; the whole world

noun:

• the last days; the final years; the last generation

noun:

• the life of the people; the people's living

noun:

• the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime - four character idiom

noun:

• books related to the calendar; the calendar; the almanac ➜ 暦

~の noun / noun:

• along the road; at the side of the road

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) ➜ 論ずる
• to argue; to dispute ➜ 論ずる
• to take into consideration; to make an issue of - usu. in negative sentences ➜ 論ずる

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】
• to argue; to dispute ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】
• to take into consideration; to make an issue of - usu. in negative sentences ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】

noun:

• rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

expression:

• the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.) ➜ 来し方
• the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from

noun:

• Ama no Ukihashi (the heavenly floating bridge; by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth) - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to drive away; to order off; to chase away
• to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in - idiom

noun:

• Buddha figure carved into a rock
• Buddha figure in a cabinet

noun:

• 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day - four character idiom

noun:

• the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback - four character idiom

noun:

• the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law) ➜ 八虐
• the ten evil deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 十善

noun:

• flat part of the top of the cranium
• plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to sweep away the stresses of the day; to unwind; to refresh the mind

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
• to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
• to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
• to extort; to exploit
• to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
• to drill into; to train
• to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
• to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
• to stop down (lens)
• to turn down (e.g. radio)
• to bend (bow); to draw
• to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize - Sumo term