noun:

• crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
• netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
• slingshot; catapult

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something)
• to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)

noun:

• lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
• murderer of women
• murder of women

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to take advantage of; to impose on
• to make an entry (in an account book)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to undertake; to take on (task)
• to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for); to promise

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become muddy; to become cloudy; to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.)
• to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse
• to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted
• to become voiced; to add voiced consonant marks ➜ 濁り【にごり】

adverb:

• now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
• already; yet; by now; (not) anymore ➜ すでに
• further; more; again; another; the other

interjection:

• tsk; dammit; jeez; come on - used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

noun:

• crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray
• difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement

noun:

• whitefin surgeonfish (Acanthurus albipectoralis, species of Western Pacific tang found on the Great Barrier Reef through the Coral Sea to Tonga)

noun:

• building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds) - archaism ➜ 武徳殿

noun:

• court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period)
• separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period) ➜ 曹司
• room for a very low class prostitute
• very low class prostitute ➜ 局女郎

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to decide to
• to pretend that - after the past tense form of a verb
• to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to - as 〜ことにしている

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation)
• to fire (a person)

godan ~す verb:

• to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance) ➜ 逸する
• to overlook; to omit; to forget
• to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony

expression:

• at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

noun / ~の noun:

• self-questioning

~する noun:

• to self-question; to rethink; to reflect on oneself

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go easy on somebody; to be easygoing; to be lenient

noun:

• income-based levy; per income levy; taxation on income basis

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down
• to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk; to shirk

noun / ~する noun:

• accompanying; being in attendance on

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来