noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

noun / ~の noun:

• inner thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind

adverbial noun:

• at heart; deep down; on the inside

noun:

• inner center (centre) - Mathematics term ➜ 外心【がいしん】

noun:

• oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body

noun:

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• prize archery
• imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to blunder; to bungle; to fail - archaism
• to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes) - archaism

noun:

• doing something together; co-owning something and using it together - archaism
• being on par with one another - archaism

noun:

• oiled multi-layered paper sheet used to sit or sleep on (during the summer); oiled-paper cushion; wax-cloth

noun / ~する noun:

• polishing with a dry cloth; wiping with a dry cloth

noun:

• informal variant of a Chinese character; popular form of a Chinese character

noun:

• possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep

noun:

• slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold

noun:

• doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue ➜ 口が悪い

noun:

• maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower

noun:

• god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country - archaism

noun:

• wiping with a dry cloth after wiping with a wet cloth

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
• to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
• to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
• to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
• to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
• to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
• to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
• to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
• to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick [literal] - obscure term - idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted
• to catch fire ➜ 火がつく・付く【つく】

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to carry on shoulder; to shoulder (gun)
• to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.)

noun:

• signature; register

~する noun:

• to put one's name on; to sign

noun:

• stamped name; typed name Antonym: 著名