noun:

• cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

noun:

• contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

noun:

• sautoir; long necklace (longer than opera-length), often with an ornament (tassel or pendant) at the end

noun:

• letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

noun:

• long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range ➜ 龍穴

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure - From English "mask blow" ➜ マスククリア

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
• to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off
• to withdraw (cash)
• to wear (clothing) for the first time
• to fillet (e.g. a fish)

noun:

• outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

noun:

• closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead - Buddhism term

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing
• to operate; to run; to go; to work
• to be touched; to be influenced
• to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver
• certain; factual - as 動かぬ, 動かない, etc.
• to be transferred

noun:

• sleeping in a ship
• sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird)
• restless sleep
• casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)

noun:

• area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 外帯
• area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本内帯

noun:

• area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 内帯
• area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本外帯

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to divide
• to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip
• to break; to crack; to smash
• to dilute
• to fall below
• to discount
• to step over (a line, etc.)

expression:

• a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (pouring) water on a hot stone [literal] - idiom

noun:

• rigid hakama (for women); hakama made from stiff cloth - archaism

expression:

• time to pay the piper; time to pay the land tax (in kind) [literal]

noun:

• tea cloth; tea napkin

noun:

• double weave; double cloth

noun:

• woollen fabric; woollen cloth

noun:

• white cloth
• white

noun:

• falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground
• failure; failing
• renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
• batter (construction technique)

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism