noun:

• scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

noun:

• origin of a character
• composition of a Chinese character
• Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

expression:

• neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]

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

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose one's way ➜ 道に迷う
• to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed ➜ 迷い
• to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
• to turn in one's grave

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account

expression / ichidan verb:

• to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whap - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• pitter-patter (of footsteps) - onomatopoeia
• quickly (making progress); in quick succession - onomatopoeia

noun:

• (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal - four character idiom

noun:

• false start of a bout - Sumo term
• backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)

noun / ~する noun:

• caricaturing
• turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something ➜ 漫画

noun:

• (one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

noun:

• one bunch; one bundle; one lot

noun:

• one edge; one end; one side

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place in a row; to line up
• to list; to enumerate
• to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

noun:

• mouthful; morsel; bite
• gulp; sip; draft; draught
• one word; in short
• one share; one contribution

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire) ➜ 滅びる

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish ➜ 滅ぼす

expression:

• it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it - proverb

noun:

• one-on-one fight; one-to-one fight - slang

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to awaken; to arouse from sleep
• to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of)
• to sober up
• to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil ［醒ます］ ➜ 冷ます【さます】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour

noun / ~の noun:

• outside of one's area of expertise ➜ 外【がい】