expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

noun:

• Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China); Tomba script; Tompa script

noun:

• the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)

noun:

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

noun:

• the masses; the lower classes; the common people

noun:

• on the street; around town; the world; the public

noun / ~する noun:

• conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers ➜ 下達上通・上達

noun:

• Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped

noun:

• ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people - four character idiom

noun:

• land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

expression:

• the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son - proverb

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

noun:

• outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
• outer frame of a lattice door

expression:

• from one's side; from the side (of something)
• from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved ➜ 横から口を挟む

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone
• to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.) - archaism

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun / ~する noun:

• going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work Antonym: 退社

noun:

• starting lineup; player in the starting lineup - Sports term - From English "starting member"

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

expression:

• The world is covered in darkness; All is plunged into darkness - four character idiom

noun:

• on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse - four character idiom

noun:

• harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment - abbreviation ➜ パワーハラスメント

adverb:

• early; quickly; soon - slang, ksb, arch. equiv. of 早く - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• early morning; early hour; early in the day

noun:

• Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya ➜ 和紙