noun:

• the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

expression:

• (in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one) - four character idiom

noun:

• commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

noun:

• doh; do; 1st note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• fa; fah; 4th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• soh; so; 5th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• sudden reversal in the tide of events; the situation taking a new turn - four character idiom

noun:

• woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.) - honorific language ➜ 院

noun:

• style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

noun:

• cutting off the leg at the knee (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism ➜ 五刑

noun:

• cutting off the leg at the knee (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism - obscure term ➜ 剕

noun:

• water left in buckets on the roadside during the summer for travellers

noun:

• juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law

noun:

• hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble - archaism

noun:

• private constitutional drafts prepared before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution in 1889

noun:

• quadruple time; four-four time; common time - Music term
• the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum) - Music term ➜ 囃子【はやし】・笛【ふえ】・大鼓【おおつづみ】・小鼓【こつづみ】・太鼓【たいこ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be disoriented by
• to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
• to become dark - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• three colours; three colors

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同順
• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同刻

noun:

• beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta) ➜ 百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】

adjectival noun / noun:

• chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
• considerate; understanding; sympathetic

noun / adjectival noun:

• essence; the best; the cream ［すい］

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study - colloquialism ➜ 為る【する】
• to send; to dispatch; to despatch
• to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
• to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
• to make (a vehicle) go faster
• to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
• to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
• to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ➜ 演る
• to ease (one's mind)
• to harm; to injure; to kill - colloquialism ➜ 殺る
• to have sex with - slang ➜ 犯る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to live; to get by; to get along ➜ やって行く・やって来る

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
• to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance - after the -masu stem of a verb

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance) - after the -te form of a verb
• to make active efforts to ... - after the -te form of a verb