expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be the case that - sentence-ending expressing judgement

expression / ichidan verb:

• to answer the phone

noun / ~する noun:

• swimming downstream (to the sea)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to meet the standard

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw down the gauntlet

noun:

• fiber to the curb; FTTC - IT term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the logarithm of - IT term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read between the lines

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold the purse strings

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to die on the battlefield ➜ 屍

noun:

• the right to a view

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to gaze into the distance

noun:

• countermeasures to the falling birthrate

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to appear on the stage

noun:

• advisor (to the Ryukyuan King)

noun:

• Special Advisor to the Cabinet

expression / noun:

• (adding) fuel to the fire - idiom ➜ 火に油を注ぐ

adverb:

• in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large

noun:

• gist; point; main idea

expression / noun:

• by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment - four character idiom

noun:

• type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

noun / ~する noun:

• secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple
• retreat; off-site meeting

noun:

• postcards associated with Respect-for-the-Aged Day, and sold every year starting in September - From English "heart mail"

noun:

• soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl

noun:

• refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month ➜ 田遊び

noun / ~する noun:

• discarding; abandoning - archaism - Buddhism term
• variety of street performance from the Middle Ages ［ほうか］
• casting off one's attachments (in Zen) ［ほうげ］