noun:

• Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis; Beta Ori; Genji star [literal] - Astronomy term ➜ リゲル

noun:

• Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis; Alpha Ori; Heike star [literal] - Astronomy term ➜ ベテルギウス

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it - often Ｘの一言に尽きる

noun:

• Heian period (794-1185) ➜ 平安時代【へいあんじだい】
• imperial court in the Heian period

noun / ~する noun:

• long bath; staying in the bath for a long time ➜ 長湯

noun:

• public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

godan ~む verb:

• to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
• to bring in a man for sex

noun:

• pawn (chess piece) ［ポーン］

~と adverb:

• boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); plonk (e.g. sound of hitting a tennis ball); crack (e.g. sound of ice cracking underfoot) - onomatopoeia
• flipping through the air; tossing - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• worst Antonym: 最良

adjectival noun / interjection:

• horrible; horrid; awful; terrible - colloquialism

adverb:

• in the worst case; if worst comes to worst - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

adverb:

• far off; in the distance; long ago; far; by far; far and away

adverb:

• for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree

godan ~る verb:

• to lurk; to hover in the background
• to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

expression:

• at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

noun:

• soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

noun:

• murder case in which the victim is chopped into pieces; mutilation murder case

expression:

• be that the case, do so; do as you please; in any case

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes