expression / ichidan verb:

• to devise a plan; to work out a plan ➜ 一計

expression:

• where there's a will, there's a way - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become a geisha; to work as a geisha - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to post a notice; to put up a notice

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a drink; to have a few drinks

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a trade; to have a vocation ➜ 手に職をつける

expression:

• where there's a will, there's a way - proverb

noun:

• the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo) ➜ 教派神道

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to become hard and fibrous; to go to seed; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath
• to take a rest; to take a break

noun / ~する noun:

• calendar reform; adoption of new calendar system

noun:

• new calendar (for a new year); new year

noun:

• first lunar month ➜ 睦月
• first month
• first moon of the month; new moon

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

noun:

• Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; ivy morning glory
• any funnel shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); funnel-shaped urinal

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

noun:

• massage and possibly sexual services performed by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform - slang ➜ ｊｋ【ジェイケイ】・リフレ

noun:

• drive; trip by car; driving

~する noun / intransitive verb:

• to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car

~する noun / transitive:

• to drive (e.g. a car)
• to drive (innovation, change, etc.); to propel

noun:

• drive - IT term

noun:

• inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

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 / ~する noun:

• enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth
• gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes ［かいがん］

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

noun:

• two parts; both parts - Buddhism term
• both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm)
• Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation - abbreviation ➜ 両部神道

noun:

• the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain

godan ~る verb:

• to Google (i.e. to search for on the WWW using the Google search engine) - colloquialism