expression / godan ~る verb:

• to accurately guess what subjects will turn up on a test; to have one's predictions turn out correct

noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to sprinkle salt on; to salt

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

expression:

• in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sensitive to smoke

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance

noun:

• day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝

expression:

• in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fail to earn a credit
• to fail to make the grade

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the sun)

expression / noun:

• lost twenty years [literal]
• period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

expression / ichidan verb:

• to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch ➜ 連絡を取る

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approach the finale; to come to a close

expression / ichidan verb:

• to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate

godan ~つ verb:

• to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come to power; to assume the reins of government

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to err; to take the wrong path; to go astray

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of) ➜ 毒牙【どくが】

noun:

• the five brights (high-scoring combination in hanafuda); the five light cards; the five hikari cards ➜ 花札

noun:

• Sichuan (province in China) ➜ 四川【しせん】
• Shu; Shu Han; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era (221-263) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
• Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)

noun / ~する noun:

• monk's "begging"; religious mendicancy; asking for alms
• going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)