noun / ~の noun:

• (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality
• The Emperor's New Clothes (tale by Hans Christian Andersen) - orig. meaning

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire) ➜ 薫く【たく】
• to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to stoke (a boiler)
• to use (a camera flash)

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

expression / adjective:

• extremely fond of; having a weakness for; being a sucker for
• having poor discernment skills

noun:

• derived demand

noun:

• derived fossil

expression / conjunction:

• ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be of use as a reference; to be helpful ➜ 参考にする

noun:

• preventing a ship from passing or from leaving port

noun:

• type of bed linen resembling a large beach towel and used to cover oneself in hot weather - From English "towel blanket"

noun:

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down - esp. 下りる
• to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount - esp. 降りる
• to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit
• to be granted; to be issued; to be given - esp. 下りる
• to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) - esp. 降りる
• to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm) - esp. 下りる ➜ 下り物

noun / ~の noun:

• big mouth
• boastful speech; tall talk
• large amount; large sum Antonym: 小口【こぐち】

~の noun:

• large size (e.g. large portion, etc.)

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed - Mahjong term - From Chinese "lizhi"
• being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

adjectival noun / noun:

• large build Antonym: 小柄【こがら】

~の noun / noun / adjectival noun:

• large pattern Antonym: 小柄【こがら】

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• large quantity; large amount Antonym: 少量

noun / ~の noun:

• large drop
• large grain

noun:

• large meal; large meals

noun:

• streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies) - archaism
• being in great demand

prefix:

• great; grand; large - archaism
• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 ➜ 従【ひろき】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大きに