noun:

• alliance of two countries or more under one ruler

noun:

• code name (of a product under development)

noun:

• three banishment punishments (of different severity) (under ritsuryo system) ➜ 遠流・中流・近流

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - incorr. var. of 足を掬う ➜ 足をすくう【あしをすくう】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - idiom ➜ 掬う

noun:

• day of the boar in the tenth month ➜ 亥の子
• mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under)
• to sneak into; to infiltrate

noun:

• method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)

noun:

• soft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward) ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• little shop; small shop; small store
• my shop ［しょうてん］ - humble language
• low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel ［こみせ］
• passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region) ［こみせ］

noun:

• working the corners; hitting the corners of the plate; pitcher's technique of throwing a ball aiming at the edge of the strike zone - Baseball term - From English "corner work"
• cornering skill (skating, driving, etc.)

noun:

• earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
• the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
• low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) ➜ 鳥の子紙
• (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō) - also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌 ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter - four character idiom

noun:

• fat under-belly of tuna (considered high-quality)

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to shine ➜ 射す
• to be visible
• to be tinged with
• to rise (of water levels); to flow in
• to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one ➜ 気が差す・魔が差す

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 指す
• to insert; to put in ➜ 挿す
• to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm ➜ 挿す
• to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm - Sumo term
• to pole (a boat) ➜ 刺す
• to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) ➜ 注す
• to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
• to light (a fire); to burn
• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to stop in the midst of; to leave undone - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 止す【さす】

noun:

• pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) - esp. 重ね

counter:

• counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) - esp. 重ね; used after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system

noun:

• layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat - esp. 襲
• combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) - esp. 襲 - abbreviation ➜ かさねの色目【かさねのいろめ】

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

noun:

• self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) ➜ 桟【えつり】
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)

noun:

• young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training - archaism
• man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryo system); commoner - archaism
• servant dressed in a white uniform who carries objects for his master ［はくちょう］ - archaism ➜ 白張

noun:

• scooter with a compartment under the seat to hold a helmet - From English "(hel)met in" ➜ メット

noun:

• the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
• varna (each of the four Hindu castes) ➜ ヴァルナ

expression / noun:

• dirt under one's fingernails
• shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit; smidgen - idiom