noun:

• one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended

expression:

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

noun:

• period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)

expression:

• it is better to; it is best to; there's nothing better than

noun:

• castle and moat; castle's moat - obscure term
• City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)

noun:

• Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach
• to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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

expression:

• if that's the case; that being the case ➜ だと

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold down; to twist someone's arm
• to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

noun:

• growth; development
• stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)
• (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
• elongation; extension; carry (e.g. of sound); sustain

noun:

• (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable (social welfare) organization - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

noun:

• white
• striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus) ➜ 鯔【ぼら】
• speech; one's lines ➜ せりふ
• white dragon tile - Mahjong term
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles - Mahjong term
• white person; Caucasian - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 白人

prefix noun / suffix noun / noun:

• Belgium - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ ベルギー

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle
• to turn (one's head, heel, etc.)
• to think over; to work out
• to notify (orally or in writing) - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do as one wishes; to suit one's convenience
• to happen as one expects

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind; to be surprised

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered