noun:

• immunity from arrest (i.e. of Diet members or foreign diplomats); diplomatic immunity; parliamentary immunity; legislative immunity

noun:

• Trapa japonica (species of plant closely related to water chestnut or water caltrop)
• caltrop (weapon); caltrap

noun:

• bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

noun:

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

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo incidents; string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s

noun:

• third month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term
• thick growth (of grass, etc.) ［いやおい］ - archaism
• Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)

noun:

• man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman
• person of high rank
• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo) ➜ 四君子

noun:

• passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

noun:

• phala (attained state, result) - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term ➜ 悟り
• fruit ➜ 果物

counter:

• counter for pieces of fruit

noun:

• performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)

noun:

• freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)

noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• targetting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing

noun / ~する noun:

• selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches - Baseball term
• having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect; to link together
• to tie; to fasten; to restrain
• to maintain; to preserve; to keep
• to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
• to hedge; to buy or sell forward

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

noun:

• last guest (tea ceremony); third guest of honour (honor); guest who sits in the seat furthest from the host and assists in various ways ➜ 詰め【つめ】・次客【じきゃく】・正客【しょうきゃく】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to affect a serene mood; to affect a serious demeanor; to act prudishly; to assume an air of superiority

noun:

• true dharma; true teachings of Buddha - Buddhism term
• period of the True Law

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire) ➜ 薫く【たく】
• to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to stoke (a boiler)
• to use (a camera flash)

noun:

• (in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・太簇
• (in gagaku) scale similar to the Dorian mode on E ➜ 律旋・六調子

noun:

• terminal; computer terminal - abbreviation - IT term ➜ 端末装置
• information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 携帯端末【けいたいたんまつ】・通信端末【つうしんたんまつ】・情報端末【じょうほうたんまつ】
• end (e.g. of a roll of film)