expression / godan ~る verb:

• to close in on the truth

expression / ichidan verb:

• to know much of the world

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lament the end of spring

noun:

• chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 念仏

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look on the bright side

noun:

• outing to the fields and mountains

expression / godan ~す verb:

• for the time to be ripe

expression / ~よい adjective:

• what's the best thing to do?

noun / ~する noun:

• moving to the countryside - From English "I-turn"

noun:

• offering to the Buddha (often rice)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise the bar

noun / ~する noun:

• misdelivery; sending to the wrong place

noun:

• bass range (in Japanese music) - abbreviation ➜ 甲【かん】
• six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・律
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) ➜ 呂旋

noun:

• second part (of three); second volume; middle part ➜ 前編・上編
• novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story - abbreviation ➜ 中編小説【ちゅうへんしょうせつ】・短編・長編

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

ichidan verb:

• to begin to write; to begin writing - esp. 書き始める
• to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting - esp. 描き始める

noun:

• face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ［建て前・建前・立て前・立前］ Antonym: 本音
• ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ［建て前・建前］
• tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette ［立て前・立前・点て前・点前］

noun:

• within the borders of a country; domestic soil
• inland area
• Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland - used during the WWII era
• (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)

noun:

• three main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)

noun:

• Three Main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha) ➜ 熊野三社

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take care of - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with - archaism ➜ 持て余す

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

noun:

• light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead; ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows) - from 白毫相光 - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• on-the-spot filming or photography

noun:

• live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); photographic image (as opposed to a drawing, computer-generated image, etc.)
• real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.); documentary (film)

noun / ~する noun:

• selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available

~の noun:

• commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought