noun:

• aureole (of a Buddhist statue; surrounding the body but not the head); aureola

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings) - obscure term ➜ 上駒

noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ラ行変格活用

noun:

• washable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)

noun:

• Yin Dynasty (of China)

noun:

• (season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective - idiom

noun:

• general average loss; general average; gross average

expression:

• before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs) - after neg. stem of verb

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to row; to scull; to paddle ➜ 舟を漕ぐ
• to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
• to swing (on a swing)
• to operate a hand pump
• to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to perform the last rites over the deceased
• to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word

noun:

• (before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha
• offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering - oft. as 御~

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be stormy; to be rough
• to be ruined; to fall into ruin
• to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper

expression:

• in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)

noun:

• smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye - colloquialism ➜ ど・ストライク

adjectival noun:

• perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it - colloquialism

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

noun:

• inferior goods (i.e. goods for which demand decreases when consumer's income increases)

noun / ~する noun:

• male coming of age ceremony
• for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to occupy the throne; to sit on the royal throne ➜ 座を占める
• to be at the top; to hold the premier position; to win a championship ➜ 座を占める

noun:

• Rikuentai; anti-shogunate army formed in Kyoto in 1867 by Nakaoka Shintaro

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; to wake a sleeping child [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism