godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rip out (and take); to tear out

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to remain in the morning sky (i.e. the moon and stars) ➜ 暮れ残る

noun:

• (sliced and) pickled octopus

expression:

• enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb

noun:

• longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)

noun:

• one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique often used by spammers)

noun:

• Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)

noun:

• the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• full slip (combining hadajuban and susoyoke) worn under women's kimono ➜ 肌襦袢【はだじゅばん】・裾除け【すそよけ】・長襦袢【ながじゅばん】

noun:

• gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack)
• Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) ➜ 真鱈【まだら】

noun:

• village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福面

noun / ~する noun:

• fitting together (e.g. nuts and bolts); fit

noun:

• Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo ➜ 菩薩

noun:

• three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic and Indian) - obscure term ➜ 五大洋

noun:

• Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) - abbreviation ➜ 日本三名山

noun:

• hammer throw (track and field) - Sports term

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

noun:

• regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

noun:

• small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula, species found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• macaron (a French pastry made from egg whites and almond powder); macaroon - From French

noun:

• compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyouhou shaku and the Matajirou shaku; approx. 30.3 cm) - archaism

noun:

• bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts) - obscure term ➜ コケ植物

noun:

• inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

noun:

• six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind) - Buddhism term