expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

noun:

• prajna; wisdom required to attain enlightenment - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "prajñā"
• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ➜ 般若面【はんにゃめん】
• family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression - abbreviation ➜ 般若面【はんにゃづら】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
• to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
• to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
• to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
• to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) Antonym: 当たる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be duplicated; to be repeated ➜ ダブル
• to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to coincide
• to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.)
• to make a double play - Baseball term ➜ ダブルプレー
• to make a double fault (in tennis) - Sports term ➜ ダブルフォールト

noun / ~する noun:

• service; ministry; attendance; church work
• offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

noun:

• reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); trailing note
• lingering memory; aftertaste
• suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers
• closing a mine; discontinuation of mining

noun / ~する noun:

• girl hunt; trying to pick up a girl; looking for a girlfriend ➜ ボーイハント

expression / adjective:

• having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret Antonym: 口が堅い ➜ 口の軽い

expression:

• once a fool, always a fool; stupidity won't be cured without death [literal] - proverb

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person) - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing snow down a mountain
• removing snow from the roof of a house

noun:

• yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle

noun:

• very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

noun:

• small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)

noun:

• changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf

ichidan verb:

• to take a photo with a mobile phone - colloquialism
• to email an image or photograph - colloquialism ➜ 写メ【しゃメ】

adverb:

• bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) - onomatopoeia
• doing something at a mad pace (spend money, work)

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be relieved of a worry; to get a load off one's chest

noun:

• place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine