noun:

• woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images

noun:

• congagement; containment and engagement (in foreign affairs) - obscure term

noun:

• cenote; sinkhole (esp. in the Yucatan peninsula) - From Spanish

noun:

• the six articles of faith (in Islam) ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)

noun / ~する noun:

• planting in a row (trees, flowers, etc.)

noun:

• subquest (in a video game); sub quest

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

noun:

• provisional administrator in occupied territory during WWII

noun:

• multiple parallel fermentation (esp. in sake brewing)

noun:

• wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)

noun:

• township and village enterprises (in China); TVE - abbreviation ➜ 郷鎮企業

noun:

• wild geese returning north in the spring

noun:

• extremophile; organism that thrives in extreme conditions

noun:

• ten best people (in a particular field)

noun:

• payment in advance (by bank transfer)

noun:

• hill size (in ski jumping); HS - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ヒルサイズ

~の noun:

• hottest (e.g. fashion); freshest; in vogue - slang

noun:

• announcement (e.g. in a train station)

conjunction / particle:

• and yet; though; when; in spite of ➜ くせに

noun:

• round of 16 (in a tournament) - Sports term

expression:

• red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, shepherds delight; red sky in morning, shepherds take warning - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level
• to disturb; to put into disorder; to throw off balance; to make shaky
• to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease
• to break (a bill); to change; to make change - oft. 札を崩す, etc.
• to write in cursive style; to write in running style - oft. as 字を崩す
• to break into a smile; to let off a smile - as 顔を崩す, etc.
• to lower (a price)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make a decision; to draw a conclusion
• to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order
• to let go down; to lower
• to do oneself; to do by oneself ➜ 手を下す
• to beat; to defeat
• to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea
• to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bury (e.g. in the ground)
• to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed
• to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out
• to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for
• to put cold water (in a bath)
• to cover; to scatter something over