expression / ichidan verb:

• to put on the brakes; to put a stop to

expression:

• for mercy's sake; for the love of God; for goodness' sake

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• recently; not long ago; for a while recently; all the while recently - obsolete term

noun:

• true dharma; true teachings of Buddha - Buddhism term
• period of the True Law

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears ➜ べそをかく

noun:

• hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing

godan ~る verb:

• to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet); to buzz - colloquialism

noun / ~の noun:

• House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet ➜ 衆参両院【しゅうさんりょういん】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to count on the abacus
• to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability

expression / noun:

• having no outstanding characteristics; all seeming about the same; bragging competition concerning matters of little importance; pissing contest; height comparison among acorns [literal] - idiom

noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air) ➜ キノボリウオ亜目【キノボリウオあもく】

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something - esp. 極める, 窮める
• to investigate thoroughly; to master - esp. 究める

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to flap (wings)
• to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

expression:

• thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

expression:

• not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do

noun:

• youth
• child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)

prefix noun / suffix noun:

• young; new

noun:

• marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• marriage where the person courted was already married

noun:

• horn shark (Heterodontus francisci, bullhead shark from the Eastern Pacific); Californian bullhead shark

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

expression / ~の noun:

• one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

noun:

• dark figure (esp. of crime); dark number; hidden figure; difference between the actual and reported figure