noun:

• lingering cold (even after the beginning of spring); lingering winter

noun / adjectival noun:

• calmness; stillness; tranquility

noun:

• calmness of the heart; enlightenment ［じゃくじょう］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• var. of Japanese paper made from the Oriental paper bush

noun:

• deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost

noun:

• half-crying; being on the verge of crying

noun:

• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones

noun:

• twenty-first day of the month
• twenty-one days

noun:

• twenty-second day of the month
• twenty-two days

noun:

• twenty-third day of the month
• twenty-three days

noun:

• twenty-fifth day of the month
• twenty-five days

noun:

• twenty-sixth day of the month
• twenty-six days

noun:

• twenty-eighth day of the month
• twenty-eight days

noun:

• thirty-first day of the month
• thirty-one days

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pluck the strings of an instrument; to strum

noun:

• coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin

noun:

• volume number; reel number; scroll number
• number of volumes; number of reels; number of scrolls; number of turns (of a coil); number of windings (of a transformer, electromagnet, etc.)
• a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk ［かんじゅ・かんず］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
• to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to cause a shower of
• to disperse; to distribute; to spread
• to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure
• to distract; to divert - as 気を散らす, etc. ➜ 気を散らす

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place - after the -masu stem of a verb

expression:

• as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain - four character idiom

noun:

• one day
• first day of the month ➜ ついたち

noun:

• posture; pose; position; stance; carriage (of the body)
• attitude; approach; stance

noun / ~する noun:

• following (in the footsteps of)
• catching up with; coming level with

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

noun:

• fireball; ball of fire
• will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

noun:

• Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi
• Mencius (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書