godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

numeric:

• 10^20; 100,000,000,000,000,000,000; hundred quintillion

noun:

• lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)

noun:

• wooden horse; rocking horse
• vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics ➜ 跳馬
• the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

noun:

• salvation by faith in Amitabha - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 阿弥陀
• relying upon others for attaining one's own objective - four character idiom

noun:

• wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

noun:

• residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period) ➜ 与力・同心

noun:

• one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion) - Mahjong term ➜ 聴牌

noun:

• sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
• turtleneck (sweater)
• someone who cannot swim

expression / adverb:

• for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
• to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
• to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
• to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
• to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
• to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
• to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
• to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
• to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

noun:

• plan for one's life; life planning

expression:

• for as long as one can remember

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

noun:

• millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)

noun:

• dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺

noun / ~の noun:

• one eye

noun:

• eye (for pictures, etc.)

noun:

• steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot - 井籠 (rarely 井篭) refers to a square basket
• soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

noun:

• bicolored foxface (Siganus uspi, species of rabbitfish endemic to Fiji sometimes found in New Caledonia)

noun:

• building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. ➜ 大内裏
• martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)

noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

expression:

• for mercy's sake; for the love of God; for goodness' sake