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 / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
• surroundings ［しほう・よほう］
• many countries; the whole world ［しほう］
• all around; here and there ［よも］
• square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure ［しほう・よほう］
• four sides (of a square)

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession
• susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

noun:

• reader (person)
• person who reads the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 取り手
• composer (of a poem) - also written as 詠み手 ➜ 詠み手【よみて】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of

noun:

• salt
• crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

noun:

• rule allowing the clear winner of a bout to touch down first to avoid injury - Sumo term

noun:

• shrine
• palace; imperial residence
• member of the imperial family - honorific language
• headboard (on a bed); headstand
• temple - archaism

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

noun:

• outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench

noun:

• taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing

noun:

• entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
• start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

noun:

• a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame) - four character idiom

noun:

• tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room
• dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to ascend; to go up; to climb
• to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise - usu. 昇る
• to go to (the capital)
• to be promoted
• to add up to
• to advance (in price)
• to swim up (a river); to sail up
• to come up (on the agenda)

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom

noun:

• tongue
• tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

noun / ~する noun:

• cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)

noun:

• end of a road; end of a street

noun:

• character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

noun / ~する noun:

• visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage

noun / ~する noun:

• chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel