noun:

• fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east) ➜ 九星

noun:

• sixth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and north-west) ➜ 九星

noun:

• eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east) ➜ 九星

expression / noun:

• withered trees and frozen rocks; "a person that is hard to approach" [figurative]

noun:

• literary fragment
• interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context ➜ 断章取義

noun:

• dish of white and red-fleshed fish arranged next to each other

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

noun:

• kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
• special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
• kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism

expression:

• once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake) [literal]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to launch; to shoot up
• (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore)
• to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
• to report (to boss, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand up; to get up
• to rise
• to recover
• to take action; to start
• to make the initial charge - Sumo term
• to start up; to boot up - IT term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】
• to begin to open; to begin to bloom ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】
• to smile broadly; to break into a smile ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped ➜ 分かる【わかる】
• to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out ➜ 分かる【わかる】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)
• to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to to go astray; to wander

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to wash; to cleanse; to rinse
• to inquire into; to investigate
• to purify (one's heart)
• to lave (e.g. shore); to wash over (e.g. deck); to sweep

noun:

• pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to
• to lead to; to be related to
• to be related (by blood) ➜ 血がつながる【ちがつながる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to loosen; to slacken Antonym: 締める
• to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
• to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
• to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
• to make more gradual (of a slope)

noun / ~の noun:

• effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result

noun:

• effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects) ➜ 音響効果【おんきょうこうか】

adverb / noun:

• sounding of a drum or hand drum; sound of drums - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• full (stomach); bursting - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make round; to roll up; to curl up
• to seduce; to cajole; to explain away ➜ 丸め込む
• to round off (a fraction)
• to lump together - archaism

godan ~す verb:

• to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape
• to start to run away

noun:

• singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects ➜ 虫の音

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to yearn for; to long for; to pine for; to miss; to love dearly; to adore
• to follow (someone)
• to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)