noun:

• rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

godan ~く verb:

• to take a breath; to take a short rest ➜ 息をつく

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a sniffle; to have a congested nose

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch - more emphatic than 気がする

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter

noun:

• foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise

noun / ~する noun:

• marrying (of a monk) - Buddhism term
• returning to secular life (of a monk) - Buddhism term

noun:

• first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)

noun / ~する noun:

• looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take out a loan; to get a loan

noun:

• Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine

noun:

• inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)

noun:

• sky; the air; the heavens
• weather
• far-off place; distant place
• state of mind; feeling - often as 〜空もない
• (from) memory; (by) heart - usu. as 空で
• falsehood; lie

prefix noun:

• somehow; vaguely - before an adjective
• fake - before a noun or a verb

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years

noun:

• criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get carried away; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

upper nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be omitted; to be missing - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender - archaism ➜ 落ちる

noun:

• bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile

expression:

• the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

expression / noun:

• heavenly voice ➜ 天声
• off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict - idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination - four character idiom

noun:

• reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out