noun:

• ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people) - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• equal to the current record (in sports, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• report of an official's offence to the emperor (offense)

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower

noun / ~する noun:

• relieving oneself; going to the toilet
• finishing one's business ➜ 用弁

noun / ~する noun:

• forwarding documents regarding an additional charge to the public prosecutor

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to perform religious rites for the repose of a soul

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop in the middle of a sentence

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat

noun:

• lacking the words to say what one means

noun:

• extreme leg-stretching exercise to increase flexibility of the crotch - Sumo term

noun:

• the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren) - honorific language

noun:

• addiction to the printed word; reading addict; book (print) junkie - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have the memory of having done something oneself ➜ 身に覚えのある

noun:

• Hadith; tradition related to the words and deeds of Muhammad - From Arabic "hadit"

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

noun / ~する noun:

• completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)

expression:

• act with restraint and conform to the ways of etiquette - archaism ➜ 克己復礼

noun:

• First Epistle to Timothy (book of the Bible)

noun:

• Second Epistle to Timothy (book of the Bible)

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language ➜ ない・ます

noun:

• shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)