noun:

• building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground

noun:

• ushnisha (protrusion on the top of a buddha's head) - Buddhism term

auxiliary:

• please - used to make a polite request or demand - polite language ➜ ます
• used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.

godan ~く verb:

• to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is) - colloquialism ➜ 見当がつく

noun:

• (in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A) ➜ 十二律・林鐘

noun:

• part of a lock that receives the latch; keeper; strike ➜ 掛け金【かけがね】

noun:

• rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 名主【みょうしゅ】

noun:

• round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais - Buddhism term ➜ 須弥壇

noun:

• Glaucophyta; phylum comprising the glaucophytes (a group of freshwater microscopic algae)

adjective:

• warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

noun:

• festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun / ~する noun:

• making a feature part of the specifications - From English "spec-in"

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun:

• period of revolution (e.g. of the sun, of the moon); orbital period

noun:

• eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil - four character idiom

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)

noun:

• indigenous person; inhabitant of a country
• local; native ［くにびと］
• local lords and samurai
• daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period) ［くにうど・くにゅうど］ ➜ ざいこくしゅう

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; moving in the wrong direction; running counter to (e.g. the laws of nature); running against (e.g. the tide of the times) Antonym: 順行
• retrogradation; retrogression - Astronomy term

noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

noun / ~する noun:

• favourite poem or song; favorite poem or song
• lover of poetry and song

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

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom