noun:

• outrider; herald
• rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
• to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
• to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
• to go to (for pleasure or for study) - as 〜に遊ぶ
• to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration - Baseball term

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

noun / ~する noun:

• spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause a loss
• to make a hole (in)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a black belt; to obtain a degree (in judo)

noun:

• anticipation of a fall (in prices); prediction of a price drop

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

noun:

• celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place in a row; to line up
• to list; to enumerate
• to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

noun / ~する noun:

• acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action Antonym: 別行動【べつこうどう】

noun:

• biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• a long time ago; in those days; once upon a time ➜ その昔【そのむかし】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak - onomatopoeia ➜ きゅっと
• (drinking) in one sweep - onomatopoeia ➜ きゅっと

noun:

• postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)

noun:

• drawing a tile from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• win with a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term
• winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (yaku); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 門前清自摸和

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

noun / ~する noun:

• erection when waking in the morning; nocturnal penile tumescence; morning glory; morning wood
• early morning departure

noun:

• zigzag pattern; zigzag formation
• steps down from a pier
• pathway covered by extended eaves to protect from snow
• large saw used by lumberjacks

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be absent; to take a day off
• to rest; to have a break
• to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
• to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

noun:

• (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable (social welfare) organization - four character idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with) ➜ 直す

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

adverb:

• in an angry mood; in anger; angrily; in a huff