ichidan verb / transitive:

• to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly

noun:

• chamber; room
• home of a monk; monk ➜ 坊・坊
• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

godan ~す verb:

• to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape
• to start to run away

noun:

• the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
• street; district; quarters
• location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
• divide (e.g. between life and death)
• fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

noun:

• political opponent

noun:

• opponent; antagonist

expression:

• Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit
• Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ) ➜ ロゴス

noun:

• (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents - sensitive
• (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later
• (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

noun:

• stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach - perhaps from the English word "gut" - Food term

noun:

• performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects

noun:

• stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side ➜ 襴・闕腋
• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun:

• transverse temporal gyri; ridges on the cerebral cortex; Heschl's gyri; Heschl's convolutions ➜ 脳回

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

noun:

• Noraism; women breaking with family and seeking individual freedom (from heroine in Ibsen's "Doll's House")

noun:

• ripple; ring on the water
• repercussions
• Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound - Music term

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

noun:

• victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)

noun:

• confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.); to lose one's edge; to become less tense; to become lax (of discipline, rules, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature