expression:

• by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone
• to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.) - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull the trigger; to pull a trigger

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the record; to break a record

noun:

• jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

noun:

• sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica) - 鼠頭魚 is gikun

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live together; to be close friends; to eat out of the same pot [literal] - idiom

noun:

• pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms ➜ 日本国憲法

noun:

• keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore) [literal] - archaism - idiom

noun:

• Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto

godan ~す verb:

• to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on ➜ 目を悦ばす

noun / ~する noun:

• notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration)
• being well versed (in something) ➜ 精通

proper noun:

• Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935) ➜ 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

noun:

• tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties) - archaism
• brutal person - idiom
• coveting of wealth (property, etc.)

noun:

• Nivkh (ethnic minority group of Russia, living near the Amur river and on Sakhalin)

noun:

• nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris, species of catshark in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• black-barred surgeonfish (Acanthurus polyzona, species of tang known only from Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands)

noun / ~する noun:

• beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat

noun:

• making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

noun / ~する noun:

• seasonal change of clothing; changing (one's) dress for the season - reading is gikun for 更衣 ➜ 更衣【こうい】
• renovation; facelift; changing appearance

noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation