godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate ➜ 荒む
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~ぶ verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to do as one pleases; to amuse oneself; to play around ［遊ぶ］ - archaism

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter - colloquialism

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)

noun:

• land mine; "booby trap" [figurative]
• topic that sets one off (esp. based on previous experience); sensitive topic; taboo topic - colloquialism

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

noun:

• self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

noun:

• type of double weave that produces a tube-shaped cloth; hollow weaving; double weaving

noun:

• Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

noun:

• strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose

expression:

• as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell ➜ 関する

noun:

• Hypogaleus (genus whose sole member is the blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark of the family Triakidae)

noun:

• someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

noun:

• bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

noun:

• (entering into) nirvana

suffix noun:

• used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent; tranquil - usu. せき

noun:

• azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)