noun:

• of great build or stature
• great number of soldiers; great army

noun:

• (very) short story or article; short short story; conté

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close ➜ 睦ぶ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to add meat (or weight); to add substance (to an essay, etc.)

noun:

• male bragging; male conceit
• bragging about one's husband or (male) lover ➜ 女自慢

noun:

• minced meat or fish with soy sauce, etc. (served on rice) - Food term

noun / adjectival noun:

• shred (e.g. old clothing falling apart); tangle (objects twisted together); thin slices (esp. food)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
• to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with
• to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided
• to take upon oneself (to do); to settle (a matter) oneself

noun:

• var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs

~の noun / noun:

• longish; moderately long ➜ 長め

noun:

• stretcher; long side of timber (etc.), or a timber placed lengthwise - Architecture term
• long road - archaism

noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• lingering snow
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

expression / ichidan verb:

• to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter - colloquialism

noun:

• viewer (e.g. for film slides or x-rays)
• (image) viewer - IT term

noun:

• bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period) - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• rock fight; stone-throwing fight ➜ 石合戦
• custom by which neighbours or friends threw rocks inside a couple's house on their wedding night

noun:

• economy of scale; cost saving or benefit from having a larger scale (e.g. of production) - From English "scale merit" ➜ 規模効果

noun:

• palace
• tonic (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women) - abbreviation ➜ 宮刑

noun / suffix noun:

• zodiacal sign ➜ 十二宮

noun:

• mixed juice drink (may contain non-fruit ingredients such as milk or yogurt) (from fruit drink)

noun:

• nitrogen mustard (chemical compound related to mustard gas, used as a chemical weapon or an anticarcinogen)

noun:

• flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)

noun:

• under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.) ➜ ガード

noun:

• tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌
• pung (or kong) of these tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 役牌

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not