expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do an act of benevolence at the sacrifice of oneself

noun:

• investigation committee (of prefectural assembly, established under Section 100 of the Act)

noun:

• bow collector (type of power contact on the top of electric trains) - From German "Bugel"

noun:

• the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect - obscure term

noun:

• central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira
• leader of the Tenri religion ［真柱］

noun:

• Sunna (collection of recorded words and actions of the prophet Muhammad); Sunnah - From Arabic "sunna"

noun:

• Christmas; Nativity ➜ キリスト降誕祭【キリストこうたんさい】
• celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man

noun:

• the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)

noun:

• head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo (Zen) - Buddhism term ➜ 禅堂

noun:

• anthropological argument (one of Descartes' ontological arguments for the existence of God)

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen) ➜ 胴掛け

noun:

• Sancho Sect (of the Fuji School of Nichiren Buddhism; 1661-1673 CE) ➜ 富士派

noun:

• act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

noun:

• restrictions on the use of colors by ranks of Heian era courtiers - archaism ➜ 許し色・黄丹

suffix:

• care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o

noun:

• abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant); maw; rennet-bag

noun:

• jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)

noun:

• unlicensed nursery; daycare services offered outside of the scope of traditional nurseries

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

noun:

• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) - archaism
• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) - archaism ➜ 律令制
• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) ➜ 五刑

noun:

• water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor

noun / adjectival noun:

• (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique - four character idiom

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu"; "ga" column or row of the kana syllabary