expression:

• each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari ➜ 琵琶
• chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to remove one's shirt thus revealing the skin; to remove the upper part of one's garments
• to work with great effort ➜ 片肌脱ぐ・一肌脱ぐ

noun:

• day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself

ichidan verb:

• to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

expression / noun:

• ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

noun:

• college of the arts; university of the arts; art university

noun:

• college of the arts; university of the arts; art university - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

noun:

• sound of the autumn wind; sound of the fall wind

noun:

• Orders of the Precious Crown; Orders of the Sacred Crown

noun:

• Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms ➜ 三国【さんごく】

noun:

• end of the fiscal year; end of the school year

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom

noun:

• phalanx (phalange) of the hand
• phalanx (phalange) of the foot ➜ 趾骨

noun:

• first sale of the year; first trade of the year ➜ 初売り

noun:

• head of the student council; president of the student council

expression / adverb:

• far away in the distance; in the far distance

noun:

• right crop for the land; suitable crop for the land - four character idiom

noun:

• being under the rule of; being under the government of

noun:

• moon (esp. full moon)
• circle fashioned after the moon
• decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole ➜ 袈裟
• straw trivet
• white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear ➜ 月の輪熊

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); voluminously flowing
• (speak) eloquently; fluently; spout forth (a torrent of speech)
• flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow