noun / ~する noun:

• slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment

noun:

• hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.)
• back pocket

noun:

• malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind somebody's back ➜ 陰口

noun:

• back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork - Food term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to groan; to moan
• to roar; to howl; to growl
• to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound
• to ooh and aah (in admiration)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be about to burst; to overflow

noun:

• law; rule; commandment
• the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses) ➜ モーセ五書

noun / ~する noun:

• evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...

conjunction:

• because; the reason being - archaism
• while; during

adverb:

• to the extent that; more and more ➜ 程

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 本社

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 奥社

expression:

• if (an action, etc.)
• since ...; if you are going to ...
• one after another; indicates repeated action
• adds emphasis

noun:

• wealthy women who strive to follow the fashions exactly and be seen in all the right place

noun:

• Tilapia (large genus of cichlid fish in the Cichlidae family endemic to Africa and the Middle East)

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ 御触書

noun:

• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute ➜ 商売人

noun:

• calling many harlots and entertainers and have a big party
• starting an important maneuver at the end of a game of go

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to cram; to cover completely; to blanket; to fill out; to fill in
• to tessellate - Mathematics term

noun:

• constellation - Astronomy term
• mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星【せい】

noun:

• relevant documents; (all) the documents related (to the matter)

noun:

• truth of the way to the cessation of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四諦

noun:

• navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s) ➜ 海軍