noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

noun:

• the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings) - archaism
• one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; moving in the wrong direction; running counter to (e.g. the laws of nature); running against (e.g. the tide of the times) Antonym: 順行
• retrogradation; retrogression - Astronomy term

noun:

• goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
• fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff ➜ ぱちもの

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
• to face (e.g. east); to look out on
• to point to
• to be suited to; to be fit for
• to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)

noun:

• the seven spring flowers - abbreviation ➜ 春の七草
• the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers - abbreviation ➜ 秋の七草
• the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs - abbreviation ➜ 七草の節句

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by ➜ 掛かる【かかる】
• to concern; to affect; to involve; to relate to

noun:

• having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera)
• to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.)
• to shift (position); to be slightly off

noun:

• glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk

noun:

• armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
• beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
• aside; to the side; away; out of the way
• off-track; off-topic
• deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
• second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句

expression / noun:

• the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

noun:

• enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities

noun:

• crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types - obscure term ➜ 三族

adjectival noun:

• cool (temperature, color, etc.)
• cool (i.e. calm and collected)
• cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.)

noun:

• course (of medical treatment) - From German "Kur"
• season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period) - From French "cours"

noun:

• ruby - esp. ルビー
• ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material) - esp. ルビ
• Ruby (programming language) ［ルビー］ - IT term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different - sometimes derogatory ➜ 変わる【かわる】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
• to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
• to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)
• to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
• to take root
• to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with
• to side with; to belong to
• to possess; to haunt ➜ 憑く
• to be lit; to be lighted ➜ 点く
• to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided
• to be given (of a name, price, etc.)
• to be sensed; to be perceived
• to be lucky - from 運がつく

suffix / godan ~く verb:

• to become (a state, condition, etc.) - after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words ➜ 付く【づく】

noun:

• competent court; court having jurisdiction (over a matter); court of competent jurisdiction; court of jurisdiction - Law term

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of Kyoto ➜ 畿内
• territories in the vicinity of the imperial palace

noun:

• staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging - Buddhism term
• providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time - Buddhism term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to move (house); to transfer (department)
• to change the target of interest or concern
• to elapse (passage of time)
• to be permeated by a colour or scent
• to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire) - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband