expression / godan ~す verb:

• to kill one's enemy (opponent)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl

noun:

• monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court - honorific language

noun:

• drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
• to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
• to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
• to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く

expression / adverb:

• with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; as if having met a Buddha in hell [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering
• scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

noun:

• Unryu style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• turning off a vehicle engine when stopped - From English "idling stop"

noun:

• spiderwort-dyed paper (used for making a rough sketch when dyeing)

noun:

• endpaper (of a book); end-paper
• facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)
• looking back; triumphing over (a rival) ➜ 見返す

expression:

• even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• opponent (in combat) ➜ 相手【あいて】

expression / adjective:

• avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; not even a dog will eat [literal]

expression / noun:

• brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse)
• quickie (in a brothel); short sexual act
• just a short moment; a little while; an instant - orig. meaning

noun:

• traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies)

noun:

• Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river - four character idiom

noun:

• confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

expression:

• too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb

noun:

• number (in a series)
• (one's) turn
• watch; guard; lookout
• bout; match - Sumo term

noun:

• activist (in a political movement); crusader (e.g. for women's rights)

noun:

• final cut severing a wrestler's top-knot in his retirement ceremony - Sumo term