expression / ichidan verb:

• to decide the outcome (e.g. game)
• to be very different; to be sharply contrasted

noun:

• junior Shinto priest - Shintō term ➜ 宮司・禰宜・神主
• Shinto priest; generic title for a member of the Shinto priesthood - polite language - obscure term - Shintō term

noun:

• doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus trifasciatus, was Parupeneus bifasciatus); Indian Ocean member of the Parupeneus trifasciatus complex

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to breathe new life into; to usher in a new phase; to break the mold

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct
• to derive; to deduce ➜ 方程式を導く

noun:

• O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead ➜ 盆【ぼん】
• tray ➜ 盆【ぼん】

noun:

• garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)

noun:

• chocolate-vine (Akebia quinata); fiveleaf; fiveleaf akebia
• fruit of the akebia - Food term

expression:

• for mercy's sake; for the love of God; for goodness' sake

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• recently; not long ago; for a while recently; all the while recently - obsolete term

noun:

• true dharma; true teachings of Buddha - Buddhism term
• period of the True Law

noun / ~の noun:

• House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet ➜ 衆参両院【しゅうさんりょういん】

expression / noun:

• having no outstanding characteristics; all seeming about the same; bragging competition concerning matters of little importance; pissing contest; height comparison among acorns [literal] - idiom

noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air) ➜ キノボリウオ亜目【キノボリウオあもく】

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

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

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to flap (wings)
• to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

expression:

• thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

expression:

• not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do

noun:

• youth
• child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)

prefix noun / suffix noun:

• young; new

noun:

• marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• marriage where the person courted was already married