noun:

• Billiken; pointy-headed charm doll, orig. from the US

noun:

• distinguished professor (unofficial title awarded by the institution itself)

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun / ~の noun:

• the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb

noun:

• Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)

noun:

• movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century Japan)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for
• to indulge in; to devour greedily

adjectival noun:

• flat; level; even

noun:

• flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly
• flat - Music term ➜ シャープ
• flat; apartment

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services
• reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

noun:

• hinoki leaf ➜ 檜
• hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata) ➜ 翌檜
• small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species) ➜ 矮鶏檜葉

expression / ichidan verb:

• to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being immersed in water; being drowned
• being infatuated; being dazed; being blinded by

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

godan ~む verb:

• to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

noun:

• dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) ➜ ドラゴン
• naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
• promoted rook ［りゅう・りょう］ - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 竜王【りゅうおう】

noun:

• table; desk

counter:

• counter for tables, desks, etc. ［たく］

noun:

• offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony) ［しょく］ - Buddhism term
• tabletop incense burner ［しょく］ - abbreviation ➜ 卓香炉

noun:

• loneliness; desolation

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted
• harsh (words); cutting (criticism)

~する noun:

• to separate in thought; to consider as independent

noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fragrant; to smell (good) - usu. 匂う
• to stink; to smell (bad) - usu. 臭う
• to glow; to be bright
• to smack of; to show hints of

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be disconnected; to get out of place; to be off; to be out (e.g. of gear)

noun:

• origin of a character
• composition of a Chinese character
• Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

adjective:

• high; tall ［高い］ Antonym: 低い
• expensive; high-priced
• high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
• loud
• high-pitched; shrill