noun:

• ushnisha (protrusion on the top of a buddha's head) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica sarcodactylus)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed) - obscure term ➜ 床を上げる

noun:

• radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds - slang

expression:

• out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed - colloquialism

noun:

• Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)

suffix / counter:

• counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders)

noun:

• Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

noun:

• Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii) - obscure term ➜ 翁戎貝

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

noun:

• chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

noun:

• Rainford's butterflyfish (Chaetodon rainfordi)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments ➜ 尻からげ

noun:

• hairstyle; shape of one's head
• fish served whole ［かしらつき］ ➜ 尾頭付き【おかしらつき】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun:

• tree swayed by the wind ➜ 風木
• thinking about one's deceased parents - archaism ➜ 風樹の嘆

noun:

• U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers ➜ 握り鋏

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period) ➜ 笄髷

noun:

• main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound ➜ 朝堂院【ちょうどういん】

noun:

• Hypericum (plant genus including St. John's worts)

noun:

• eating one's bento before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

expression / noun:

• useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand - idiom