expression / godan ~す verb:

• to distract a person's attention ➜ 注意を逸らす【ちゅういをそらす】

noun:

• art of selling; salesmanship

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint

noun:

• form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

noun:

• trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

noun:

• feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay

noun:

• the rotting of lumber stored with poor air circulation

noun:

• a thaw

noun:

• allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey - abbreviation ➜ 日銀短観【にちぎんたんかん】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lay in a coffin

noun:

• count of beats in music

noun:

• official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
• basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
• room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism

noun:

• (riding or entering) without a ticket

godan ~る verb:

• to try to make a favourable impression; to appeal - slang ➜ アピール

noun:

• price of wheat

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈

noun:

• contempt of court

noun:

• winning a decision

noun:

• being called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court; monk called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court - archaism

noun:

• position of power

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge

noun:

• private ownership of land and citizens ➜ 公地公民

noun:

• last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed) ➜ 命日【めいにち】
• 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed ➜ 七七日