godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

noun:

• ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry ［かばざくら］ ➜ 江戸彼岸
• any cherry tree with birch-like bark
• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) - archaism ➜ 上溝桜

noun:

• savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); Bosc's monitor ➜ サバンナオオトカゲ

noun:

• shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards ➜ 榧【かや】

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

noun / ~の noun:

• some; few; a number of; a little (bit)

adverbial noun:

• somewhat; to a certain extent

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• many; a lot ［そこばく・そくばく・そこば］ - archaism

interjection:

• play ball!

noun:

• starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)

noun:

• mapo doufu; mapo tofu; spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat - Food term - From Chinese "mápó dòufu"

noun:

• juice pressed from a bitter orange ➜ ポンス
• ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice) - abbreviation ➜ ポン酢醤油

noun:

• large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day - Buddhism term

interjection / noun / ~する noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue - from 赤目 ➜ 赤目【あかべ】

noun / ~する noun:

• undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation - four character idiom

noun:

• dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

noun:

• canopy goanna (Varanus keithhornei, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Northeast Australia); blue-nosed goanna; Nesbit River monitor

noun:

• crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia ➜ クロコダイルモニター

noun:

• lace monitor (Varanus varius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in eastern Australia); lace goanna ➜ レース大蜥蜴【レースおおとかげ】

noun:

• straw-wrapped item; bundle of straw (containing a food item, etc.) ➜ 藁苞
• local produce; souvenir; present; gift ➜ 土産【みやげ】

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

expression:

• fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things - idiom

noun:

• coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt

noun:

• tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)

noun:

• city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis

noun:

• person to be reckoned with; person of importance
• one person; one character; someone

noun:

• ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime

noun:

• mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women
• women-only location