noun:

• last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

adverb:

• on the verge of starvation; at the point of starving

noun:

• moon of the 19th day of the lunar month

noun:

• disturbance of sleep; nuisance in the middle of the night

noun:

• 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar - obscure term

noun:

• worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world

noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

noun:

• township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE) ➜ 国郡里制

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hit; to strike Antonym: 外す
• to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
• to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
• to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
• to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
• to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
• to face; to confront
• to lie (in the direction of)
• to undertake; to be assigned
• to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
• to be called upon (by the teacher)
• to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
• to be unnecessary - as 〜するには当たらない, etc.
• to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak - usu. as 当たっている - Baseball term
• (in fishing) to feel a bite
• (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
• to shave
• to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship - as 〜の〜に当たる

noun:

• lower government office (ritsuryo system)
• servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer
• servant of an urban family
• serf ➜ 被官百姓

noun:

• the true, the good, and the beautiful

noun:

• the people; the public; the world

noun:

• the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs

adverbial noun:

• in truth; in fact; in reality; actually

expression / adverb:

• just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

adjective:

• slow; time-consuming; sluggish ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］
• late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• too late; having missed the boat ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• dull; stupid ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］ - archaism

noun:

• ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors

noun:

• unpadded kimono
• 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar ［綿抜き］ - also written as 四月朔日 ➜ 綿抜の朔日

noun:

• governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

noun:

• pit; hole - archaism
• kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

noun:

• assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿闍梨

noun:

• General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ

noun:

• abacus; flat slab forming the top part of the capital of a column - Architecture term - From Greek

noun:

• "goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period

noun:

• travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position)