noun:

• full moon; 15th day of the lunar calendar
• full moon of the eighth lunar month ［もちづき］

noun / adjectival noun:

• the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned - four character idiom

noun:

• Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)
• to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out
• to train; to drill; to exercise
• to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum ［練る］
• to tan (leather)
• to temper (steel) - also written as 錬る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to walk in procession; to parade; to march - also written as 邌る

noun:

• the morning after a couple have slept together; parting ways the morning after having slept together - archaism
• the next morning ［こうちょう・ごちょう］ - archaism

noun:

• smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye - colloquialism ➜ ど・ストライク

adjectival noun:

• perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it - colloquialism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to offer; to present - humble language
• to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do respectfully - humble language

noun:

• collection of essays contributed in celebration of something; festschrift

expression / adjective:

• helpful (in terms of taking care of people) ➜ 面倒見のいい

noun:

• sickle
• sickle-and-chain (weapon) - abbreviation ➜ 鎖鎌
• spear with curved cross-blades - abbreviation ➜ 鎌槍
• gooseneck tenon and mortise joint - abbreviation ➜ 鎌継
• noisiness - archaism
• part of a fish around the gills - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.) ➜ 着替える
• to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake ➜ 履き違える

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability - idiom

noun:

• conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction ➜ 句形
• rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese ➜ 句形

noun / ~する noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others ➜ 御裾分け

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
• to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
• to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
• to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open
• to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
• to open (ports, borders, etc.)
• to open (an account)
• to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ➜ 拓く
• to open (a file, etc.) - IT term
• to extract (root); to reduce (equation) - Mathematics term
• to cut open (fish) - as 魚を開く - Food term
• to change (kanji into hiragana)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to flare (e.g. skirt)
• to slacken (into a poor posture) - as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. - Sports term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to break off; to knock off
• to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to read (a book); to open (a book) to read
• to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

noun:

• the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period ➜ 南都六宗

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out

noun:

• the ninth day of the month
• nine days

adverbial noun:

• the seventh day of the month
• seven days

noun:

• loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners - four character idiom