noun:

• bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist - Buddhism term
• older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left - Sumo term

noun:

• grounds south of a building; southern garden
• garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace) ➜ 紫宸殿

expression:

• Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit
• Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ) ➜ ロゴス

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo incidents; string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy
• to rustle; to swoosh
• to make merry
• to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss
• to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered
• to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist
• to undulate; to surge; to swell; to roll; to billow

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel giddy; to totter; to stagger
• to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver
• to wander aimlessly; to loiter; to putter

noun:

• misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; misconception

~する noun:

• to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments

expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

noun:

• ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the Introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world

noun:

• survivability; military term for the ability to withstand an attack and continue to function

noun:

• Griffiths' pygmy-goby (Trimma griffithsi, found in the Indo-West Pacific); princess pygmy goby (Trimma marinae, found in Japan, New Guinea and Palau)

noun:

• payment; bill; account
• sweeping; clearing away
• sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

noun:

• blue poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda)
• the three blue poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

godan ~む verb:

• to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
• to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program)
• to braid; to plait
• to grapple; to wrestle
• to unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance
• to set (e.g. type)
• to issue (e.g. money order)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to break off (mid-sentence)
• to speak to; to address

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun:

• fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
• location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra ［しゅらじょう］ ➜ 阿修羅【あしゅら】・帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】
• difficulties (in a love relationship) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism
• crunch time (esp. for cartoonists) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism

noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

noun / ~する noun:

• payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment ➜ 前払い
• payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls) ➜ 着払い【ちゃくばらい】

noun:

• forerunner