noun:

• gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
• to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
• to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
• to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pull; to draw; to pull tight
• to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch
• to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)
• to drag; to haul; to tow
• to lead (e.g. one's followers)
• to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
• to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join
• to delay; to prolong
• to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word)
• to quote; to cite; to reference
• to pull the ball - Baseball term
• to wear; to put on

noun:

• crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray
• difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
• to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
• to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

noun:

• assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.) - Buddhism term
• (monks and laity of) the Jishu sect - Buddhism term ➜ 時宗

noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

noun:

• kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms - From English "counter kitchen"

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) - abbreviation
• lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall)
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) ➜ 桟竹

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

expression / noun:

• good for nothing (of large people); big but useless - idiom

~の noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~と adverb:

• bulky (e.g. clothing); ungainly; heavy; big - onomatopoeia

~の noun / noun:

• poorly hit; weak - onomatopoeia - Baseball term

noun:

• braggart; big talker; bigmouth ➜ ホラ吹き【ホラふき】

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

expression / noun:

• point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current) ➜ 潮目
• attractive glance - archaism

noun:

• backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor
• shield that protects one's back

noun:

• (many) mountains

adverb:

• very much (esp. wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; really - often as 〜のはやまやまである, etc. - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• relief pitcher brought in to face one batter - Baseball term - From English "one-point relief"

adjective:

• unconnected; weakly related; far beyond (one's means, ability)
• having little prospect of marriage

noun / ~する noun:

• complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins - Sports term

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing - four character idiom