noun:

• oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)

noun:

• attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

noun / ~する noun:

• growing en masse in a location (plants) ［ぐんせい］
• living gregariously (animals, people); living in a community ［ぐんせい］

noun:

• all animate creation - Buddhism term

expression:

• so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches ➜ 目が眩む

expression:

• everybody doing well (e.g. purchaser, buyer and society); three-way satisfaction; all three parties doing well

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to weep the night out; to weep all night

noun / ~の noun:

• every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide

adverb:

• bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body

noun:

• having food stuck around the mouth; having food all over the face

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented - abbreviation ➜ 草食系男子
• men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

conjunction / expression / adverb:

• unavoidable; this is it; this is the end; left with no choice; it's all over now

noun:

• the end; closing; being done for - polite language ➜ 仕舞い

interjection:

• that's it; that's enough; that's all

noun:

• plate; dish; platter; disc ➜ お皿

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• serving; helping; course

noun:

• kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

noun:

• turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller

noun:

• giving lessons at pupils' homes
• going to train in stable other than your own - Sumo term

adjectival noun:

• significant; suggestive; insinuating; meaningful

noun:

• words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol) - idiom