noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to cool down; to get cold
• to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to dampen; to fade; to wane
• to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

noun / ~する noun:

• looking aside while driving; taking one's eyes off the road ahead while driving - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】
• to begin to open; to begin to bloom ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】
• to smile broadly; to break into a smile ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

godan ~く verb:

• to strip; to peel; to tear off

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drain away
• to sell off; to dispose of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

godan ~る verb:

• to lurk; to hover in the background
• to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

noun:

• being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop - sensitive
• upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pluck; to pick; to nip off

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tear off; to strip; to rob

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

noun:

• totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom

noun:

• Naso (genus of tropical marine surgeonfishes in the family Acanthuridae known as unicorn fishes due to a spike protruding from the forehead)

expression:

• what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• kingdom - Biology term
• erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited) - Geology term
• partition of land

suffix:

• the world of (some category)

noun:

• monk's working clothes; monk's non-spiritual clothes - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed
• to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight)
• to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable ➜ くだけた
• to become easy to understand (e.g. a story) ➜ くだけた
• to be worried

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with)
• to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to
• to be understood; to be comprehended
• to be honored; to be good
• to be well versed in; to be well-informed
• to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)
• to form a liaison; to be intimate
• to spread widely; to disseminate