noun:

• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

noun:

• being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple) ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• serving food; food served ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• begging; beggar - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off
• to be washed up (on the shore)

expression:

• to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】

noun / ~する noun:

• attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work ➜ 退勤

expression:

• and so on; and so forth; et cetera; and such; and the like

noun / ~する noun:

• comment; criticism

noun:

• purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise to the surface; to surface
• to stand out (e.g. against a background)

noun / ~する noun:

• being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

expression:

• How could I (you, etc.) ...?; How dare you (they, etc.) (have the nerve to) ...?

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for - from 手に薬煉を引く ➜ 薬煉

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong

noun:

• black-dyed leather
• leather dyed in deep indigo
• edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to put oneself in; to enter; to serve (e.g. in the army); to be enlisted

expression:

• How could I (you, etc.) ...?; How dare you (they, etc.) (have the nerve to) ...? - obscure term ➜ どの面下げて【どのつらさげて】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail ➜ 出る【でる】

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• H; h

adjectival noun / noun:

• indecent; lewd; frisky; sexy - from 変態 - usually written using kana alone ➜ 変態【へんたい】

noun / ~する noun:

• sexual intercourse; copulation - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism

prefix:

• nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-) - abbreviation ➜ 平成

noun:

• hydrogen (H) ［Ｈ］ - abbreviation

noun:

• slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• going to war; departure for the front
• departure for military service (in response to a draft)

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

adverb:

• still some way to go before the goal; still more to come; much more; not yet