noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
• to deal with (an issue); to manage
• to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
• to deal in; to carry; to sell

noun:

• China ［ちゅうごく］ ➜ 中華人民共和国
• Chūgoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures) ［ちゅうごく］ - abbreviation ➜ 中国地方
• central part of a country; main region ［ちゅうごく］
• province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• 43rd year of the sexagenary cycle (year of the Fire Horse, renowned for disasters and the birth of women destined to kill their husbands)

noun:

• goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)

noun / prefix noun / ~の noun:

• red ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

noun:

• red kidney bean - abbreviation ➜ 金時豆
• sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin) - abbreviation ➜ 金時芋
• bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans

noun:

• first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
• initials (of one's name)

expression / noun:

• sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

expression:

• way of learning; way of studying; way of mastering

noun:

• place of articulation; region of articulation; point of articulation - Linguistics term

noun:

• type of clothing; style of clothing; line of clothing

noun:

• current era of excessive eating; era in which there is more than enough food; age of plenty; age of plentiful food - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
• to beg; to make a supplication
• to see (something or someone of high status) - sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese - humble language

noun / ~する noun:

• change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

noun:

• texture; "grain" of a fabric or cloth; direction of the loom or weave in a roll of fabric

noun:

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

noun:

• viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought
• contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness - Buddhism term

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:

• piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood

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

particle:

• until (a time); till; to; up to
• to (a place); as far as
• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
• only; merely

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)
• to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye

noun:

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

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism