noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

noun / ~する noun:

• laying across to form a bridge

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a stuffed nose; to have a stuffy nose

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

expression:

• nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb

expression:

• five days a week

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters

noun / ~する noun:

• giving someone a peek (of cleavage, etc.) - slang

noun / ~の noun:

• a glow; heat
• burning sensation; hot flash

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば

noun:

• a fire raging in one's own home

noun:

• (over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a step backward

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency

pronoun:

• such-and-such a place

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to hold a meeting

noun / ~する noun:

• lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect) - Linguistics term ➜ 短呼

noun:

• long sound (esp. long vowel) - Linguistics term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to confine to a room - archaism

noun:

• temple lacking a priest

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become a prostitute (sink into a brothel)

noun:

• representative of a board of directors; spokesperson for a board of directors

noun:

• anticipation of a fall (in prices); prediction of a price drop

noun:

• a posteriori; posteriority