expression / ichidan verb:

• to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

noun:

• specialized course; specialised course
• something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)

noun:

• building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. ➜ 大内裏
• martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)

noun / ~する noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey (so-called because traditional pipes had metal only in two short segments at the ends) ➜ 煙管乗り

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
• to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
• to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
• to spend (time); to live one's life
• to pass (down the line)
• to affix okurigana ➜ 送り仮名

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

noun:

• rod; pole
• neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen - esp. 棹
• beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
• single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
• penis - slang

counter:

• counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

noun:

• bus on a circular route; bus following a circular route

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

noun / ~する noun:

• dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• defection from or leaving a (political) party

noun:

• merits (of a case); right or wrong

noun:

• resurrection (of a company or school, etc.)

noun:

• tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)

noun:

• person without a registered or fixed address

noun:

• a daimyo's (mounted) guards or retainers

noun:

• reception hall (in a temple or palace)

noun / ~する noun:

• continued staging of a play or show

noun:

• (holding of) a solo recital or performance

noun:

• low fence flanking a gate or entrance

noun:

• the feel or performance of a pen

noun / ~する noun:

• switching or shunting (of a rail car)

noun / ~する noun:

• votive lantern in a shrine or temple

noun:

• maid or housekeeper (in a visiting arrangement)

noun:

• bead or front sight of a firearm