noun:

• the part of a province furthest from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の中

noun:

• ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival) ➜ 魂祭り【たままつり】・盂蘭盆

noun:

• the Siberia Intervention (1918-1922); the Siberian Expedition

noun:

• crawling with the belly against the floor (baby)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

godan ~す verb:

• to exhaust; to run out
• to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend

auxiliary verb:

• to do to exhaustion

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out
• to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pass; to overtake; to leave behind
• to pull out; to extract; to remove; to take away

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to tighten Antonym: 緩める
• to wear (necktie, belt); to put on
• to total; to sum ➜ 〆る【しめる】
• to be strict with ➜ 緊める【しめる】
• to economize; to economise; to cut down on
• to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

expression / ichidan verb:

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to cool down; to get cold
• to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to dampen; to fade; to wane
• to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

noun:

• head; chief; leader; elder
• the greatest of all; the most excellent

adverb:

• at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

noun:

• the whole body; limbs ［五体］
• the five styles in Japanese calligraphy ➜ 行書・書道・真書・草書・大篆・八分【はっぷん】・隷書・楷書・篆書

noun / ~する noun:

• moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar) ➜ 月見

noun:

• shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul

noun:

• open to all; taking part on the spur of the moment

noun:

• perestroika; reform movement within the Soviet Communist Party in the 1980s - From Russian "perestroyka"

noun:

• province of the lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving for the provinces - archaism

noun:

• prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times - four character idiom