noun:

• second string (of a shamisen, etc.)

noun:

• third string (of a shamisen, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
• to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up ➜ 鼻が詰まる
• to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
• to be at a loss; to be hard pressed - often in the form …につまる ➜ 言葉に詰まる・気の詰まる【きのつまる】
• to end up; to be settled ➜ 詰まる所【つまるところ】
• to become a geminate consonant ➜ 促音【そくおん】
• to hit the ball near the handle of the bat - Baseball term

expression / noun:

• playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating - Sumo term

noun:

• final three bouts on the last day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• horizontally-wrapped fabric forming the bottom part of some traditional Japanese clothing

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on ➜ 目を悦ばす

noun:

• shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml
• shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer
• to change the object of one's interest or focus
• to spend or take time
• to infect ➜ 風邪を移す
• to permeate something with the smell or colour of something
• to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.) ➜ 実行に移す

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to commiserate; to pity; to have mercy on; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
• to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate (e.g. the moon, flowers) ［哀れむ］ - archaism

expression:

• victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom

noun:

• imprisonment (for one to three years) - archaism ➜ 徒【ず】

noun:

• second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest) ➜ 九星

noun:

• third of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and east) ➜ 九星

noun:

• fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central) ➜ 九星

noun:

• seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west) ➜ 九星

noun:

• ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south) ➜ 九星

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot (fig. only); to start a conversation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be equal to the task; to be up to the job; to be capable of filling the post

noun:

• last of the traditional set of five noh plays

noun:

• ruanxian (4 or 5-stringed Chinese lute); ruan

noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards ➜ 押しくらまんじゅう

noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards - abbreviation ➜ 押し競べ

noun:

• using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem