noun:

• not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold
• lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven - idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the other day; some time ago; recently

expression:

• prior to; in advance of ［さきだって］ ➜ 先立つ【さきだつ】

noun:

• type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute - Law term

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.)
• to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf

expression / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

noun:

• Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to resemble; to look like; to take after
• to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to understand each other well; to call forth a response in another's heart; to relate to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree

noun / ~する noun:

• surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)