noun:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun:

• form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

noun / ~する noun:

• combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine
• manufacturing one part out of multiple different parts

noun:

• arm glove; arm warmer; sleevelet
• bracelet
• leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword
• hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear

expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)
• to be limited to; to be confined to

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back - vulgar
• to receive (e.g. a blow)
• to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

noun:

• one copy (of a document); one letter
• one-way traffic - abbreviation ➜ 一方通行
• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) - sometimes written イッツー - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一気通貫【いっきつうかん】

noun:

• false start; jumping the gun - From English "flying start"
• flying start; running start
• broadcasting a television or radio program a few minutes before its scheduled time

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

noun:

• brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus, species of rabbitfish from the Indian Ocean); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

pre-noun adjectival:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

noun:

• the number of people
• many people; a large number of people

noun:

• figure eight; figure of eight
• shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight ［八の字］

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to float in the air
• to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

godan ~す verb:

• to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with the tide

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to spare oneself; to spare oneself the trouble ➜ 骨を惜しむ
• to nullify someone's efforts - as 骨を盗むまい, 骨を盗まず, etc. - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

noun:

• Olympic Cauldron lighter; Olympic torch lighter; last runner in the Olympic torch relay

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent ➜ 抜きん出る【ぬきんでる】
• to tower above (the surrounding landscape) ➜ 抜きん出る【ぬきんでる】

noun / ~する noun:

• trifling with; toying with; playing with; making sport of; making fun of; leading around by the nose
• tossing about (a ship)

noun:

• knight - Shōgi term
• keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color - usually written using kana alone