noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

noun:

• accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent
• intonation; inflection; cadence
• (language) accent (e.g. American, British)
• accent (e.g. in a design); highlight; emphasis
• accent (on a note) - Music term

noun:

• Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to do - honorific language
• to eat; to drink
• to put on; to wear
• to buy
• to ride
• to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)

suffix / ichidan verb:

• used to show respect - used after the -masu stem of a verb - archaism - honorific language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom

noun:

• ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
• rice dance; rice festival
• tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 田楽焼き
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides - abbreviation ➜ 田楽返し

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to love; to cherish; to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on
• to show favouritism to; to be partial to
• to fondle; to caress; to pet
• to be tough on; to be rough with; to torment; to train harshly - used ironically; often as 可愛がってやる - colloquialism

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

expression:

• the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb

expression:

• the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
• the more, the better - proverb

godan ~く verb:

• to ascend (the throne); to accede ➜ 付く【つく】
• to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ［就く］
• to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ［就く］
• to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice ［就く］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to tighten Antonym: 緩める
• to wear (necktie, belt); to put on
• to total; to sum ➜ 〆る【しめる】
• to be strict with ➜ 緊める【しめる】
• to economize; to economise; to cut down on
• to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

noun:

• measuring container; measure
• box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
• square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

noun:

• mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

expression:

• the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

noun:

• the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)