adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ 凡そ【およそ】
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

noun:

• (very) back (last) row; rearmost row

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

noun:

• pitch; tone; key
• time; tempo

noun / suffix:

• mood; tendency; style

noun:

• tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals - also 徴 - archaism

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

noun:

• NIMBY (not in my back yard); Nimby

noun:

• baby backpack; back-mounted baby carrier; sling ➜ 負ぶい紐【おぶいひも】

noun:

• baby backpack; back-mounted baby carrier; sling ➜ おんぶ紐【おんぶひも】

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:

• highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road
• highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) ➜ 出世街道【しゅっせかいどう】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• winter daylight; winter sunlight - obscure term
• trying to make the most of each day; devoting oneself to one's parents - obscure term

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to - emphatic version of あっての ➜ あっての・こそ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to unravel; to untie; to untangle; to loosen
• to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.)
• to relax; to ease

noun:

• 180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters ➜ 合【ごう】
• 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters ➜ 合【ごう】
• one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top) ➜ 合【ごう】

noun:

• having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom

noun:

• using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) ➜ 万葉仮名

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to compete; to vie; to contend
• to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
• to debate; to argue

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to sharpen
• to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken; to reduce - usually written using kana alone