noun:

• university of applied science (e.g. the Dutch "Hogeschool" and the German "Fachhochschule" institutes of higher education)

noun:

• Gulf surgeonfish (Acanthurus randalli, species of tang found in Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life) - Buddhism term

noun:

• crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal

noun:

• making from scratch (esp. in model-making and information systems); full scratch building - From English "full scratch"

noun / suffix noun:

• fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt; food pickled in malted rice ➜ 麹【こうじ】

noun:

• tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side) ➜ ソフト面

noun:

• people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears) ➜ 涙を流す
• to wash away
• to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to broadcast; to beam
• to cruise (e.g. taxi)
• to float; to set adrift
• to call off (a meeting, etc.)
• to exile; to banish

noun:

• man among men; man's man - manga slang

expression:

• day after day; day in and day out; every single day

noun:

• country; countryside
• country; country and western - Music term ➜ カントリーアンドウエスタン
• country; nation

noun:

• rice and money; money to purchase rice

noun:

• complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet - four character idiom

noun:

• electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information

noun:

• test plan; system test and evaluation plan - IT term

noun:

• logic unit; arithmetic and logic unit; ALU - IT term

noun:

• electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information - abbreviation ➜ 電子情報

noun:

• treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty

expression:

• ladies and gentlemen!; roll up, roll up!

noun:

• mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze

noun:

• home and country
• state; country
• home town

noun:

• heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
• to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
• to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
• to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open
• to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
• to open (ports, borders, etc.)
• to open (an account)
• to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ➜ 拓く
• to open (a file, etc.) - IT term
• to extract (root); to reduce (equation) - Mathematics term
• to cut open (fish) - as 魚を開く - Food term
• to change (kanji into hiragana)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to flare (e.g. skirt)
• to slacken (into a poor posture) - as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. - Sports term

noun / suffix noun:

• kneading; gloss; tempering

noun or verb acting prenominally / noun:

• paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals - orig. 邌り, usu. お練り - Shintō term ➜ 練り歩く【ねりあるく】・お練り【おねり】