godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to collect the ashes of the deceased
• to look after someone's affairs after he dies

noun:

• New Year (esp. first three days)
• the first month of the year; January

noun:

• spirit of a deceased person - honorific language
• the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit ［みたま］ - honorific language ➜ 聖霊

noun:

• blue sky
• skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag ➜ 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる

noun:

• Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine

adverb:

• suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp - onomatopoeia
• considerably; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
• firmly; with an effort; tightly; exerting pressure - onomatopoeia
• completely (e.g. at a loss) - onomatopoeia
• deeply (e.g. moved) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching

noun:

• shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - Kantō dialect ➜ 板場【いたば】
• area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board - orig. meaning

noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]

noun:

• Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC ➜ 神武

noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

noun:

• Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun:

• sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries

noun:

• stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the forests of Western Australian)

noun:

• Platax (genus of 5 extant species of Indo-Pacific batfish in the spadefish family Ephippidae)

noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 棟上げ式【むねあげしき】

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 餅まき

noun:

• Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• Tendai sect of Buddhism

noun:

• before one's eyes; under one's nose

~の noun / noun:

• immediate (e.g. interests); present; at hand; short-run

noun:

• foresight; near future
• appearance