noun:

• even game (esp. in go)

noun:

• skill in go or shogi

interjection:

• hullo there!; way to go!; bravo!

noun:

• ladder (in go)

noun:

• forcing move (in go); kikashi

noun:

• white sandbar; white sandbank
• area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
• gravel separating a Noh stage from the audience
• court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism ➜ お白州

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do as one wishes; to suit one's convenience
• to happen as one expects

adjectival noun / noun / suffix noun:

• method; manner; way; style
• appearance; air
• tendency
• folk song (genre of the Shi Jing) ➜ 六義
• wind (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大

noun:

• very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar) - four character idiom

expression:

• being multi-talented means never really being especially good at any one thing; jack of all trades, master of none

noun:

• gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead
• one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans
• fierce god ➜ 鬼神【きしん】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer)
• to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...) - usu. as 〜の口が掛かる

noun:

• end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.)
• end of a palanquin carrying pole
• palanquin bearer

godan ~す verb:

• to drive mad; to make insane
• to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to throw out of kilter
• to derail (a plan, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to descend; to go down; to come down
• to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
• to pass (of time)
• to surrender; to capitulate
• to be less than; to be inferior to - often in neg. form
• to have the runs; to have diarrhea - also written as 瀉る ➜ 腹が下る
• to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
• to depreciate oneself; to be humble - archaism

counter:

• indicates position in a sequence ➜ 目【め】

noun:

• divisions of a kabuki performance

noun / ~する noun:

• nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

noun:

• merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)

noun:

• leopon (offspring born of a male leopard and a female lion)

noun:

• family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis

noun:

• range (of a gun)
• distance travelled by a bullet (shell, etc.)

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

interjection:

• oof (i.e. a grunt of effort)

adverb:

• a lot; plenty ➜ うんと

noun / ~の noun:

• (person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy