noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

noun / ~の noun:

• grandfather
• old man ［おおじ］ ➜ 爺
• kyogen mask used for the role of an old man ［おおじ］

noun:

• funori; glue plant; marine alga of the genus Gloiopeltis
• funori; glue used as sizing for textiles

noun:

• official injury exemption system; system for exempting players injured in an official match from pay reduction or demotion - Sports term

expression:

• I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me ➜ その手【そのて】

noun:

• net for caught fish
• net-like tassel of Buddhist prayer beads
• Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket) ［すがり］ - Tōhoku dialect ➜ 黒雀蜂
• ant ［すがり］ - Kyūshū dialect ➜ 蟻

adverb / ~と adverb:

• easily ［すかり］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

noun:

• Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

noun:

• thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
• re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) - orig. meaning

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to row; to scull; to paddle ➜ 舟を漕ぐ
• to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
• to swing (on a swing)
• to operate a hand pump
• to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady ➜ ご主人
• one's husband
• (one's) employer; (one's) master
• host; hostess

noun:

• (before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha
• offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering - oft. as 御~

expression:

• in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb

suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wield a baton; to swing a baton
• to lead; to direct; to command - colloquialism ➜ 采配を振る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do - idiom

noun:

• drawer
• withdrawal (of money from an account) - not 抽斗,抽匣
• variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu - not 抽斗,抽匣

noun:

• field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation

noun / suffix:

• field (of specialization); sphere; area ［はたけ］ - ばたけ when suf
• womb; birth; birthplace ［はたけ］ - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• judgement; judgment; discernment; discrimination; having an eye for
• appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; assessment

noun:

• forensics; (criminal) identification; crime lab

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese religious group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

interjection:

• unh (sound of physical exertion); oof - archaism
• wow; whoa
• yes; yeah; uh-huh ➜ うん

auxiliary verb:

• probably - after a -nai stem
• will; intend to
• would like to have done (for me)

proper noun:

• faithful dog Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)

noun:

• appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.
• literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
• face (of a printing type)

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach