noun / adjectival noun:

• shaft end; axial end; end of the shaft

noun:

• expiry date; use-by date; date of expiry

godan ~る verb:

• to use; to make use of; to utilize - lit. form of 用いる ➜ 用いる

noun:

• tree form; tree shape; shape of a tree

noun:

• share in inheritance; inheritance share; portion of inheritance

noun:

• order of attachment; attachment order; seizure order

noun:

• notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to rear; to bring up
• to train; to teach; to educate
• to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

noun:

• railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing
• starting line; scratch
• determination
• stepping over the edge of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo

noun:

• dash at the beginning of a short-distance race - From English "start dash"
• charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat untidily
• to eat a bit of everything
• to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things

noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become stuck up; to become conceited; to get cocky; to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience

expression / noun:

• five-day workweek system; five-day school-week - sometimes 完全週休２日制
• having two days off in at least one week of a month

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

expression:

• expresses shock at misbehaviour of a youngster; what must his parents be like?; I'd like to see his parents' faces [literal]

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be robbed of one's due; to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite [literal] ➜ 鳶

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period