proper noun:

• Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible); Letter to the Hebrews; Hebrews ➜ ヘブライ人への手紙

noun:

• first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半鐘
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• determined purpose
• an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought) - Buddhism term
• a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土宗

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• that year; same year; same age

noun:

• this and that; such and such

noun:

• late spring; spring that comes late - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's hair cut; to cut one's hair

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be good (at); to go well - from 行ける
• to look (taste, etc.) good
• to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study - colloquialism ➜ 為る【する】
• to send; to dispatch; to despatch
• to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
• to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
• to make (a vehicle) go faster
• to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
• to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
• to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ➜ 演る
• to ease (one's mind)
• to harm; to injure; to kill - colloquialism ➜ 殺る
• to have sex with - slang ➜ 犯る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to live; to get by; to get along ➜ やって行く・やって来る

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
• to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance - after the -masu stem of a verb

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance) - after the -te form of a verb
• to make active efforts to ... - after the -te form of a verb

noun / ~の noun:

• with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

noun:

• teething fever
• developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt

expression / ~よい adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well

noun:

• nasal plug
• wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place - Architecture term

noun:

• tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)

expression:

• too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb

noun:

• interview with leading player in a game (esp. baseball); player-of-the-game interview - From English "hero interview"

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun:

• useless card (in karuta); worthless card ➜ カルタ
• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

adverb:

• no matter what; anyhow; in any case; at any rate; in any event; anyway - archaism