noun:

• style or construction of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.) ［もんがまえ］
• kanji "gate" radical (radical 169) - as in 閭

noun:

• riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla) ➜ 猫柳
• Salix gilgiana (species of willow) ［川柳］ - usually written using kana alone
• high-quality coarse tea ［川柳］

noun:

• technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of
• to cause to fall; to make decline

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

noun / ~の noun:

• pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)

noun:

• Scopes Trial (landmark US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools, 1925); Scopes Monkey Trial

noun:

• rigging (a ship, aircraft, etc.)
• rigging; gear; tackle
• rigging; in animation, a hierarchy of virtual skeletal bones ［リギング］

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to not take into consideration; to treat with disdain

noun:

• fake wedding cake with real cake insert used for the ceremonial cutting of the cake - From English "ceremony cake" ➜ ケーキカット

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drag down; to pull down
• to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag; to deflate

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch
• to dabble in; to have a smattering of

noun:

• mountain hare (Lepus timidus); blue hare; tundra hare; variable hare; white hare; alpine hare
• hare made of snow

noun:

• the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

noun:

• the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji) ➜ 南都七大寺

noun / suffix noun:

• bureau; department
• office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange - abbreviation ➜ 郵便局・放送局
• affair; situation

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• game (of go, shogi, etc.)

noun:

• rotation ➜ 周り
• making the rounds
• spreading
• effect; efficacy

suffix noun / noun:

• by way of; via

suffix / counter:

• round; turn
• size
• 12-year period; 12-year age difference

noun / ~する noun:

• control (of a machine, device, etc.)
• control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management; suppression; keeping in check

noun:

• seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste - esp. 塩梅
• condition; state; situation - esp. 塩梅
• (state of) health; physical condition - esp. 塩梅

noun / ~する noun:

• arrangement; assignment; adjustment; handling; dealing with - esp. 按排, 按配, 案配, 安排

~の noun:

• dull ［ダル］

noun:

• Indian split pulse (lentils, peas or beans); Indian pulse stew; dal; daal - Food term - From Hindi "dāl"
• dāl; eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet ［ダール］ - From Arabic

noun:

• sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

noun:

• nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope ➜ 陰陽道・一白【いっぱく】・二黒【じこく】・三碧【さんぺき】・四緑【しろく】・五黄【ごおう】・六白【ろっぱく】・七赤【しちせき】・八白【はっぱく】・九紫【きゅうし】

noun:

• visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support - four character idiom

noun:

• grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; white-cheeked starling
• starling (any bird of family Sturnidae)
• bumpkin; gullible person
• sixty-nine (sexual position)