noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

noun:

• stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach ➜ 町石

noun:

• flies; area over the stage of a theater (containing overhead lights, drop curtains, etc.)

noun:

• doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra) - Buddhism term
• spiritualism (in philosophy) ➜ 唯物

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)
• to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
• to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense
• to be muffled (e.g. voice)
• to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
• to confine oneself in a temple to pray

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line - 建ち並ぶ refers to buildings
• to be equal to; to be on a par with ［立ち並ぶ・立並ぶ］

noun:

• change of attitude (stance, position)
• lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack - Sumo term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
• to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off
• to withdraw (cash)
• to wear (clothing) for the first time
• to fillet (e.g. a fish)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to come off; to be removed
• (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear
• to be caught; to be harvested ➜ 獲れる・捕れる
• to be interpreted (as); to be taken as
• (of balance, etc.) to be attained
• to be obtainable - potential form of 取る ➜ 取る

expression:

• widowers are untidy; a man alone soon goes to seed; a man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to ring an alarm bell
• to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm; to send a wake-up call - idiom

noun:

• lodging; inn; hotel
• house; home; dwelling
• home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

noun:

• meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
• goal; intent; object; aim; point ［趣旨］

noun / ~する noun:

• making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork
• digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

suffix:

• through; throughout; in the course of
• all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession
• susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

noun:

• reader (person)
• person who reads the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 取り手
• composer (of a poem) - also written as 詠み手 ➜ 詠み手【よみて】

noun:

• grave marker; gravestone; headstone
• writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.) ［ぼひょう］

noun / ~する noun:

• (historical, in China) abdication by an emperor in favor (favour) of a more virtuous successor

noun:

• Jim Crow; discrim. term for a black person - sensitive
• segregation of blacks; discrimination against blacks

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter