noun:

• turning evil into good through indoctrination; following the teachings of Buddha to turn the world's evil into good - Buddhism term

expression:

• Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit
• Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ) ➜ ロゴス

expression:

• most thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)

adjectival noun:

• a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you) - Nagoya (and surrounding areas) dialect ➜ 久しぶり【ひさしぶり】

noun:

• top; summit; apex; peak
• twelve o'clock (usu. midnight) ［てっぺん］ - often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る - slang
• top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown - esp. 頂辺 when in kanji - obscure term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get on well (with a person); to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider) [literal] - idiom ➜ 気が合う

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気が利く
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気が利く

expression:

• now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease - four character idiom

noun:

• door-to-door manzai; form of comedy orig. performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai ➜ 漫才

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

noun:

• sickle handle
• goby minnow (Pseudogobio esocinus)
• Oriental photinia (species of shrub, Photinia villosa) ➜ 牛殺し
• Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) ➜ 露草
• Joseph's-coat (species of amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor) ➜ 葉鶏頭

expression:

• taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

noun:

• blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make up one's mind (to do something); to resolve firmly (to do something)

expression:

• there is no God!; it's a cruel world; there is no god or Buddha [literal] - idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock) ➜ 動転

noun:

• Madagascar red owl (Tyto soumagnei); Madagascar grass owl; Sourmange's owl; red owl

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
• to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to ［かじりつく］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself - idiom

expression:

• c'est la vie; that's life - From French

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable; to be so close as to reveal to each other the bottom of one's heart