expression / godan ~す verb:

• to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; to boil tea in one's navel [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

noun:

• Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 ➜ 盂蘭盆
• Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会

noun:

• ruby - esp. ルビー
• ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material) - esp. ルビ
• Ruby (programming language) ［ルビー］ - IT term

noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to recall; to hit upon...; to occur to (one)
• to feel the call of ...

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
• to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount ➜ 載る【のる】
• to reach; to go over; to pass
• to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
• to take part; to participate; to join
• to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
• to be deceived; to be taken in
• to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る
• to stick; to attach; to take; to go on - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn over; to turn around ➜ 身を翻す
• to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to take back (one's words)
• to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

noun:

• taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something - four character idiom

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜

adverb / ~する noun:

• vexed; irritated; fretful; in ill humour; in ill humor; in a temper - onomatopoeia
• shaggy; bushy; ragged; rugged - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun:

• way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers; fox's window [literal]

expression:

• the blind leading the blind; if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch - proverb

~と adverb / noun:

• (fighting) in a confused mass; (falling) in swirls; (falling) in whirls

expression:

• briefly; in short; in a nutshell; in summary; to put it briefly

noun / ~の noun:

• past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days

~の noun / noun:

• while still alive; during one's lifetime

noun:

• electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system ➜ 小選挙区制

noun:

• Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ride past (one's stop); to overshoot
• to climb over; to get over ➜ 乗り越える
• to overtake (in a vehicle); to pass

expression:

• on one hand; on the other hand

noun:

• difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.)
• difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps; bump (in road)

noun:

• uppercase letter; capital letter ［おおもじ］ ➜ 小文字
• large character; large writing
• the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big" ［だいもんじ］
• huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year ［だいもんじ］