noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request ➜ 臨時国会

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
• to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open

noun:

• official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
• basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
• room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on
• to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

noun:

• level; standard; amount; degree; grade; rank; class
• level (plane); floor; storey (story); layer; stratum
• spirit level; (surveyor's) level
• minor release sequence number (software versioning)
• rebel

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

expression:

• something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them - onomatopoeia
• blah blah blah; yada yada yada - onomatopoeia

noun:

• the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; the true charm
• flavour of ghee; "delicious taste" [figurative] ➜ 醍醐
• Buddha's gracious teachings - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat [literal] - idiom

expression:

• as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me") ➜ 儘【まま】・儘【まま】

noun:

• land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent - four character idiom

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into
• to reject; to deny; to refuse
• to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out
• to flip; to splash; to splatter
• to decapitate; to behead - esp. 刎ねる
• to jump up
• to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)

noun:

• swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion - used as a symbol for Buddhist temples on maps ➜ ハーケンクロイツ
• swastika-shaped family crest

interjection:

• wow; yeah; ugh; yuck; awesome; really; let's go ［卍］ - usu. at the beginning or/and end of a sentence or word but also by itself; used for emphasis, etc. - slang

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

noun:

• stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
• rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun:

• dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica); (Japanese) flowering quince; Maule's quince; japonica ➜ 木瓜【ぼけ】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to spare oneself; to spare oneself the trouble ➜ 骨を惜しむ
• to nullify someone's efforts - as 骨を盗むまい, 骨を盗まず, etc. - archaism

noun:

• noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess

expression:

• don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought ➜ いいから

noun / ~の noun:

• flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
• the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
• booming or peaking (in popularity)

noun:

• system of one-party rule; system of single-party rule

noun:

• day that something happens; day that one happens across something

noun:

• slide
• change (in value or situation); proportional change

~する noun:

• to slide; to slip
• to change (in value, e.g. with a sliding scale); to change (in situation)