expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• killing one's catch on the spot (e.g. a bird)
• killing a fish immediately to preserve its freshness

noun:

• traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction

noun:

• coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt

noun / ~する noun:

• something that has been jacked up (e.g. a car); raising something with a jack

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to write well; to be a good writer; to wield a facile pen

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to get married; to contract a marriage
• to form a connection (with Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 結縁【けちえん】

noun:

• base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take (a photo) - esp. 撮る
• to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film) - esp. 録る

noun / ~する noun:

• implication (in a crime); involvement
• sitting in a row (in the same seat) - archaism

noun:

• core
• tang (of a sword, etc.)
• middle of a nest of boxes ➜ 入れ子

noun:

• home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call

noun:

• a tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree)
• evergreen tree

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a seat; to sit
• to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive into; to ride into
• to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)

noun:

• gallery; corridor ➜ 廊下・回廊
• art gallery
• upper gallery (in a theatre) ➜ 天井桟敷
• spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

godan ~る verb:

• to win (a race) by a wide margin
• to slash though something; to tear (off)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball) - idiom
• to reach for (a snack, etc.)

noun:

• window with a view of a Japanese mugwort thicket
• poor house; humble house; primitive house

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge

adverb:

• like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener); so ➜ 斯う・然う・如何【どう】

adjectival noun:

• serious; earnest

noun:

• real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon)

noun:

• sound of footsteps
• sense or sign that something is approaching ［あしおと］

noun:

• tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures