expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape

noun:

• district governor (Ritsuryo period)

noun:

• piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism - four character idiom

noun:

• large jewel; string of jewels - archaism
• Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 勾玉・三種の神器

expression:

• each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb

noun:

• driving on the right-hand side; driving on the right side of the road ➜ 左側通行

particle:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
• or something - after an approximate quote or vague suggestion
• the likes of - lessening the significance or value of the previous word

noun:

• the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)

noun:

• the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)

noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun:

• the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)

noun:

• the "ma" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)

noun:

• the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

noun / ~する noun:

• vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon)
• vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding

noun:

• purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

adverb / ~の noun:

• as a god
• as was done in the age of the gods

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

noun:

• sashimi arranged in the original shape of the fish ➜ 活き造り
• fresh sashimi

noun:

• preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes - four character idiom

noun:

• happy trail (line of hair from the navel to the genitals); pubic hair

expression / adjective:

• being unable to leave the work at hand; being right in the middle of something - idiom

noun:

• elegant speech (esp. the use of the prefixes "o-" and "go- "); refined language; polite language ➜ 尊敬語・丁寧語

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) ➜ 内道場

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉