noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism

noun:

• area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

noun:

• dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水争い

noun:

• ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

expression:

• by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends (Mencius) - four character idiom

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

expression / noun:

• the strong overwhelming the weak; completing various things without difficulty; Mt. Tai crushes an egg [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy)
• to do at one's own discretion

expression:

• (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to throw out
• to drop; to toss; to dump
• to abandon; to neglect; to leave behind; to give up
• to dismiss; to fire; to expel

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
• to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
• to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
• to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
• to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
• to take care of somebody until he dies
• to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)

noun:

• decommissioned vehicle; out of service vehicle; end of life vehicle
• deregistered vehicle; unregistered vehicle

noun / ~する noun:

• deregistering (vehicle); unregistering

noun / ~する noun:

• weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
• selection (e.g. natural selection) ➜ 自然淘汰【しぜんとうた】

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rub; to chafe
• to wear out; to become worn
• to lose one's innocence; to become sly

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to hold one's ground
• to stop (doing); to give up

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ