expression / godan ~く verb:

• to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) ➜ 手を突く

noun:

• one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to gaze into the distance

noun:

• construction worker employed on scaffolding; fitter; rigger

noun:

• 41st of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• other companies in the same business; rival firms

noun:

• the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the people being panic-stricken (in alarm) - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• the said (cabinet) minister

noun:

• in-phase (component of a wave)
• homeomorphism

adjectival noun / noun:

• tapering toward the end

noun:

• 1st note of the traditional Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D) - Music term ➜ 壱越・十二律
• eleventh lunar month

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

expression:

• doing something on one's own without another's help - four character idiom

noun:

• door between the rooms

noun:

• on the shelf

noun:

• retribution spanning the three temporal worlds (present, past, future) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 甲矢

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels ➜ 正座【せいざ】

godan ~す verb:

• to spy on

expression:

• Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) ➜ 暑い・熱い

adverb / noun:

• later on; eventually; afterwards

noun:

• Year of the Ox

expression:

• things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy - idiom