noun:

• Ama no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed - archaism ➜ オノコロ島

noun:

• Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties

noun:

• three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• ankle; malleolus; ankle bone; bony prominence on each side of the ankle - Anatomy term

noun:

• striking on the side; slanting or driving (rain); side sweep; side blow

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to put an end (to); to close the books (on) ➜ 終止符を打つ

noun:

• flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal ➜ 日和見

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to thin out; to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to live; to make a living; to get on with

~する verb (spec.):

• to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)

noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "kun" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 音仮名【おんがな】

noun:

• Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3rd, the supposed day of his death)

numeric / prefix:

• one - １ can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents ➜ ワン

~の noun / suffix:

• best

~の noun:

• first; foremost

noun:

• beginning; start
• ace (playing card) ➜ エース
• bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

expression:

• thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

noun:

• hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy [literal] ➜ 鼈甲色

noun:

• Hypogaleus (genus whose sole member is the blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark of the family Triakidae)