expression:

• that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

noun:

• main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare ➜ 小路【こうじ】
• most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period) ［たいろ］ - archaism

godan ~す verb:

• to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with the tide

conjunction / expression:

• with; by - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】
• by means of; because; in view of - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】

noun:

• steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it)
• mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions) ➜ こわめし

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position - idiom

noun:

• golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)
• Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)

noun:

• inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart); recesses; heart

noun:

• Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Luzon and the Catanduanes Islands in the Philippines)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory

noun:

• ABCD line; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• nap room (e.g. for doctors in an emergency ward, or firefighters in a fire station)

noun:

• favourable position (esp. in horse racing, e.g. in 3rd to 5th place during a race) - abbreviation ➜ 好位置

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to breathe new life into; to usher in a new phase; to break the mold

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something)
• to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)

noun:

• magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lightly (floating); buoyantly - onomatopoeia
• puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong - proverb

noun:

• striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc. ➜ 鑽る
• Shinto fire-purification ceremony - Shintō term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• (a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

~と adverb:

• with a clink; with a flop - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱったり

noun / adverbial noun:

• (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb