adjectival noun:

• at the point of death; almost dead; about to die
• at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 本社

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 奥社

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

noun:

• battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at ➜ 嘲笑【ちょうしょう】・せせら笑う【せせらわらう】

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun:

• one's time at a certain point (at various points) of a race

expression:

• same to you; back at you; you too - often derogatory
• you; you, indeed ➜ こそ

noun / adjectival noun:

• idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time - four character idiom

adverb:

• at one time; all at once; in one sitting

adverb:

• at any time; at any moment

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stagnate
• to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to be sedimented
• to become sluggish; to become dull; to become stale
• to be delayed; to hesitate; to falter; to stammer; to stumble

noun:

• door (esp. Japanese-style) ［戸］ ➜ 扉
• shutter; window shutter
• entrance (to a home) - archaism
• narrows - archaism

noun:

• upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play ➜ 仕手

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

expression / noun:

• rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape

adverbial noun:

• at that time; that time

noun:

• arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories ➜ 口裏を合わせる

noun:

• number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji)

expression:

• at last your time has come; I have found you at last

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to call; to invite; to send for; to summon - honorific language
• to eat; to drink
• to put on; to wear
• to ride
• to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
• to do ➜ 召される
• used to show respect - used after the -masu stem of a verb - honorific language - archaism

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each