expression / ichidan verb:

• to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fill (one's heart); to experience a welling up of feelings or sensations
• to feel nauseated

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye
• to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

noun:

• ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry ［かばざくら］ ➜ 江戸彼岸
• any cherry tree with birch-like bark
• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) - archaism ➜ 上溝桜

noun:

• juice pressed from a bitter orange ➜ ポンス
• ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice) - abbreviation ➜ ポン酢醤油

noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) - abbreviation ➜ 身八つ口

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

noun:

• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake ➜ 真竹
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) ［にがたけ］ ➜ 女竹

noun:

• window with a view of a Japanese mugwort thicket
• poor house; humble house; primitive house

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

ichidan verb:

• to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 降りしきる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to happen repeatedly; to happen over and over again - orig. meaning - archaism

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

noun:

• garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive into; to ride into
• to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)

noun:

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

noun:

• style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")

noun:

• style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") ➜ です体

noun:

• bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza)
• dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn) ➜ 襲の色目

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す