godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

expression:

• coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

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

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
• dislike (of); difficult to deal with

noun:

• haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

noun:

• heel
• heel (e.g. in pro-wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles

~する noun:

• heal

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly - word borne of confusion between the kanji 擅 and 壇 ➜ 独擅場

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

noun:

• translation (esp. in court); interpretation
• Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

noun:

• Trimma halonevum (species of goby found in Papua New Guinea); sparsely-spotted pygmy-goby

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) ➜ 酢憤り

noun:

• skillful tanka poet ➜ 短歌
• official in charge of court poetry and music (ritsuryo period)
• poet

noun:

• hanakkori (Brassica napus cv. Hanakkori); hybrid of choy sum and broccoli invented in Yamaguchi prefecture

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• separating words in Japanese with spaces (e.g. in kana-only books for children) - Linguistics term

noun:

• winning wrestler who remains ringside in case his involvement is needed in pre-bout rituals - Sumo term

noun:

• sex establishment in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.) - From English "image club"

noun:

• bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg)
• chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken)
• eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy) - abbreviation ➜ 鳥の子紙
• eggshell (colour) - abbreviation ➜ 鳥の子色
• red and white oval rice cakes - abbreviation ➜ 鳥の子餅