godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

~と adverb / adverb:

• flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• string tied across the open chest of a haori

noun:

• hypercholesterolemia; hypercholesterolaemia (excess of cholesterol in the bloodstream)

noun:

• new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period

noun:

• parison (first small bubble at the end of a blowpipe)

noun:

• coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru" - abbreviation ➜ カ行変格活用

noun:

• the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes

noun:

• the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan) ➜ 公案

noun:

• corpus spongiosum (body of penile erecile tissue surrounding the urethra)

noun:

• Coleoptera (the order of insects containing beetles)

expression:

• act with restraint and conform to the ways of etiquette - archaism ➜ 克己復礼

noun:

• style of tie-dyeing used during the Nara era

noun:

• ancient Chinese god of the north (or rain, water, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ➜ 箕

noun:

• the tip of an edged instrument
• sharp words; vicious character

noun:

• myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron) - obscure term ➜ 髄鞘

noun:

• aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus) ➜ オーロックス

noun:

• plasmodium (form within the life cycle of myxomycete slime molds)

noun:

• First Epistle to Timothy (book of the Bible)

noun:

• Second Epistle to Timothy (book of the Bible)

noun:

• shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)