godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to drift; to float
• to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
• to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
• to wander; to walk around aimlessly
• to be unsteady; to be unstable - archaism
• to falter; to flinch; to wince - archaism
• to live in unreliable circumstances - archaism

noun:

• meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body
• thread of connection; chain of reasoning

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that ➜ 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】

noun / ~する noun:

• selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available

~の noun:

• commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon) - Buddhism term ➜ 五戒

noun:

• battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry ➜ 鬨の声

noun / ~する noun:

• rushing at the enemy ➜ 突貫

noun:

• trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength) - from 出来合いのレース - abbreviation

noun:

• expanded system of guilt by association in Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime ➜ 連座制

noun:

• catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen - Baseball term
• tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)

noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection (easily recognized by its attributive form ending in "ki" and predicative form ending in "shi")

noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection (easily recognized by its attributive form ending in "shiki" and predicative form ending in "shi")

noun:

• empress's palace; queen's palace
• empress; queen

noun:

• tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker

noun:

• zip fastener; zipper; zip - poss. from 巾着 (きんちゃく)
• chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)

noun:

• cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)

noun:

• stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce

expression / adverb:

• with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; as if having met a Buddha in hell [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude

noun:

• collapsing in the middle of a bout - Sumo term
• breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway

noun:

• supplementary kanji; 5,801 kanji coded in JIS X 0212 to supplement those in JIS X 0208 - IT term

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept