noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

noun:

• college of the arts; university of the arts; art university

noun:

• college of the arts; university of the arts; art university - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

noun:

• sound of the autumn wind; sound of the fall wind

noun:

• Orders of the Precious Crown; Orders of the Sacred Crown

noun:

• Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms ➜ 三国【さんごく】

noun:

• end of the fiscal year; end of the school year

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom

noun:

• phalanx (phalange) of the hand
• phalanx (phalange) of the foot ➜ 趾骨

noun:

• first sale of the year; first trade of the year ➜ 初売り

noun:

• head of the student council; president of the student council

expression / adverb:

• far away in the distance; in the far distance

noun:

• right crop for the land; suitable crop for the land - four character idiom

noun:

• being under the rule of; being under the government of

noun:

• waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship)
• water hose outlet (for firefighting)

noun:

• title of a scripture or sacred text (e.g. Buddhist sutra)
• title on a scroll or rolled book ➜ 巻き物【まきもの】

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); voluminously flowing
• (speak) eloquently; fluently; spout forth (a torrent of speech)
• flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

noun:

• appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to request; to beg; to ask
• to call; to order; to reserve
• to entrust to
• to rely on - esp. 恃む

noun:

• article for sale; goods for sale; offering; For Sale (on a sign)
• specialty; selling point

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning