godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to spend one's days in tears and sorrow

noun:

• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish

expression:

• knock, and it shall be opened unto you; God answers prayers - from Matthew 7:7 - proverb

noun:

• mark-and-recapture method - Biology term

noun:

• discreet and well-advised judgment; wise and mature judgment; making judgment with prudence - four character idiom

noun:

• wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

noun:

• benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun:

• spoon and chopsticks

noun:

• love and hate

noun:

• squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink

noun:

• (historical) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

noun:

• Russia and France

ichidan verb:

• to starve and freeze to death

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun:

• sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position - vulgar

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• bold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered - four character idiom

noun:

• soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat

noun:

• wisdom and courage

noun:

• joint investment

noun:

• eye socket

noun:

• the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

noun:

• traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back ➜ 島田髷