expression / noun:

• a fish large enough to swallow a whole boat
• great man; notorious man - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• promoting a product or service; appealing to consumers; solicitation (of business); pushing a product

noun:

• manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

noun:

• spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series

noun:

• nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital

expression:

• a wise person always follows the right course; a wise man never wavers - four character idiom

noun:

• the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis - four character idiom

expression:

• to catch a weasel asleep; to pluck out the eye of a live horse [literal] - idiom - sensitive - obsolete term

noun:

• mid-boss (of a video game, etc.); underboss (of a criminal organization)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

noun:

• (ornamental) tip of a scabbard ［鐺・璫・小尻］
• bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever ［鐺・璫・木尻］

noun:

• fragmentary remains of a large set of writings; the odd volume; a few pages ➜ 端本

suffix:

• indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
• indicates denomination (after a currency)

noun:

• chanting sutras in front of a shoryodana (of a monk during the Bon Festival) ➜ 精霊棚【しょうりょうだな】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
• to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
• to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
• to spend (time); to live one's life
• to pass (down the line)
• to affix okurigana ➜ 送り仮名

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hit; to strike Antonym: 外す
• to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
• to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
• to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
• to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
• to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
• to face; to confront
• to lie (in the direction of)
• to undertake; to be assigned
• to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
• to be called upon (by the teacher)
• to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
• to be unnecessary - as 〜するには当たらない, etc.
• to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak - usu. as 当たっている - Baseball term
• (in fishing) to feel a bite
• (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
• to shave
• to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship - as 〜の〜に当たる

noun:

• poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
• singing a poem or song in a loud voice

noun / suffix noun:

• column of text (e.g. in a newspaper)
• field (in a form, web page, etc.)

noun:

• near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief - four character idiom

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

expression:

• super-low (description of a small truck with a low tray)