ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate
• to taper off (of a sound)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to unseat someone (in an election); to defeat a sitting member

noun:

• way of throwing (esp. in baseball); throwing technique; pitching technique - Sports term

noun:

• Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951) - obsolete term ➜ 出雲大社教

expression / adjective:

• difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying ➜ 辛い【づらい】

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow

noun:

• moyamoya disease (rare, progressive cerebrovascular disorder caused by blocked arteries in the basal ganglia)

noun:

• light distribution (e.g. in candle-power or candela); luminous intensity distribution; spatial distribution of luminous intensity

noun:

• weather resistance (e.g. in building material)

noun:

• Pulitzer (as in Pulitzer Prize)

noun:

• class library (as in C++) - IT term

noun:

• distilled alcohol (sometimes added in the production of sake)

noun:

• generation comprising those who were children during WW2 (in Japan)

expression / noun:

• omniscient point of view (in narration)

noun:

• raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term
• UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile) ➜ 潜水艦発射弾道ミサイル【せんすいかんはっしゃだんどうミサイル】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

noun:

• secession (esp. in art, architecture, etc.)

noun:

• wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)

noun:

• Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) - abbreviation ➜ 紫微垣

noun:

• decoction (in Chinese medicine)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; throbbing - onomatopoeia
• noisily; ears ringing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Alcyone (star in the constellation Taurus, brightest of the Pleiades); Eta Tauri - Astronomy term