noun:

• a minute and a half

noun:

• a step; a short distance

noun:

• a tideway; a sea route

noun:

• a laughingstock; a standing joke

noun:

• (a) bunch; (a) bundle ➜ 一纏

expression:

• a run on a bank

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to put in a row
• to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to join (e.g. a list) ➜ 名を連ねる【なをつらねる】・袂を連ねる【たもとをつらねる】
• to link; to put together; to string together (e.g. compliments); to enumerate ➜ 美辞麗句を連ねる【びじれいくをつらねる】・書き連ねる【かきつらねる】
• to take along with; to bring with

noun:

• Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service; RRS; SRS; train service which is local for one section and express for another

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
• to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest) ➜ 惹く【ひく】・注意を引く
• to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
• to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
• to draw (a line, plan, etc.) ➜ 図面を引く
• to catch (a cold) ➜ 風邪を引く
• to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) ➜ 弾く【ひく】
• to look up (e.g. a dictionary); to consult ➜ 辞書を引く
• to haul; to pull (vehicles) - esp. 牽く
• to subtract; to deduct
• to recede; to ebb; to fade
• to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
• to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
• to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
• to hold (e.g. a note)
• to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to move back; to draw back; to recede ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to lessen; to subside; to ebb ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to resign; to retire; to quit ➜ 退く【ひく】

noun:

• small boat used for transport on rivers (Edo period); barge; boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat ➜ 瀬取り船
• boat with a roof used for boating on a river
• small boat selling food and drinks on a river - archaism

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

expression:

• if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract)
• to act as a go-between; to act as mediator
• to curry favour with - usu. as ご機嫌を取り結ぶ

expression / adjective:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ ざる

expression:

• inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together ➜ 縁は異なもの味なもの

expression:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ せざるを得ない

expression / adjective:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ ざる・せざるを得ない

noun:

• world of tathata; "the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea" [figurative] - Buddhism term

noun:

• wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) ➜ 袈裟
• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder ➜ 袈裟切り

noun:

• holding a memorial service for oneself - Buddhism term
• an older person conducting a memorial service for a deceased, younger person

noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• until then; till then; up to that time
• to that extent
• the end of it; all there is to it

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stick through; to force through
• to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
• to make a path between two points
• to proceed in a logical manner ➜ 筋を通す【すじをとおす】
• to let pass; to allow through
• to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
• to go through (a middleman)
• to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
• to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)
• to force to accept; to force agreement
• to continue (in a state); to persist in
• to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...
• to do from beginning to end without a break - in the form とおして…する
• to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party
• to do to the end; to carry through; to complete - after the -te form of a verb

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• (a) few; (a) little; trifling; insignificant; small (amount); scarce (stocks) ➜ 僅か