noun:

• lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the point of a sword; the advance of an army

noun:

• accompanied by a man; accompanied by men

noun / ~する noun:

• overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• cropping a tail

noun:

• fishermen's banner hoisted to indicate a rich haul; big-catch flag

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lead a group of people

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to have a child

noun:

• report of a school absence

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature ➜ 弱冷房車【じゃくれいぼうしゃ】

expression:

• two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb

expression:

• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

noun / ~する noun:

• change in a bus route - four character idiom
• change in policy; policy change (reversal)

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be promoted to a higher rank

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lend a hand; to help - idiom ➜ 手を借りる

noun:

• chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers (Edo-period women's hairstyle)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

noun:

• eye of a typhoon

noun:

• half a kuni (province)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a firm resolution

noun:

• A major - Music term

noun:

• ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck
• something strange or suspicious
• idiot; fool
• noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

noun:

• the front of a building; facade