noun:

• (compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

noun / ~する noun:

• catching up on one's sleep; storing up sleep; getting extra sleep while one has the chance

noun:

• Nephila clavata (an Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider)
• Argiope amoena (an Oriental species of orb-weaving spider) - often mistakenly called ジョロウグモ ➜ 黄金蜘蛛
• wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) - often mistakenly called ジョロウグモ ➜ 長黄金蜘蛛

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon) - Buddhism term ➜ 五戒

noun / ~する noun:

• wave (on water)
• wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.)
• wavy hairstyle
• audience wave; the wave

noun:

• WAVeform audio format; WAV - IT term

expression:

• once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level
• to disturb; to put into disorder; to throw off balance; to make shaky
• to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease
• to break (a bill); to change; to make change - oft. 札を崩す, etc.
• to write in cursive style; to write in running style - oft. as 字を崩す
• to break into a smile; to let off a smile - as 顔を崩す, etc.
• to lower (a price)

noun:

• clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
• teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

adjectival noun / noun:

• light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy
• light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms; recovery; convalescence

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle
• to turn (one's head, heel, etc.)
• to think over; to work out
• to notify (orally or in writing) - archaism

noun:

• double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict; duplicity; turncoat - four character idiom

noun:

• star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
• offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
• star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
• circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
• bullseye
• one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
• small dot; spot
• point; score - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to load (a gun, etc.); to charge
• to put into (e.g. emotion, effort)
• to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen ➜ 立ち込める

noun / ~する noun:

• enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth
• gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes ［かいがん］

noun:

• using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)

noun:

• Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to weep the night out; to weep all night

godan ~す verb:

• to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion

godan ~す verb:

• to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

noun:

• refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi

noun:

• the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family

expression:

• as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに

noun / ~の noun:

• extinction; discontinuation; interruption

noun:

• severance; rupture

~する noun:

• to become extinct; to cease to exist
• to sever; to break off; to divide (between two things)