expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• vehicle-mounted electricity generator (e.g. for filming, emergencies, etc.)
• power-generating railway car (e.g. for air-conditioning on a non-electric train)

noun:

• form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

noun:

• arm glove; arm warmer; sleevelet
• bracelet
• leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword
• hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear

noun:

• photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
• kora (West-African instrument)
• kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back - vulgar
• to receive (e.g. a blow)
• to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to shoo away
• to press a tenant to leave; to evict

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shorten; to cut short; to trim
• to cut down on; to reduce; to economize; to economise

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

adjective:

• friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoop; to put a hoop on; to bind a barrel with hoops

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

noun:

• graduate university; university concentrating on graduate-level education and advanced research; research university

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to charge; to lunge; to rush
• to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone)
• to collide with; to bump into

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
• to puzzle over
• to defeat easily

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

noun:

• warm sake (formerly drunk on the 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar to ward off illness)

expression:

• when the right conditions are fulfilled, things will turn out well on their own; a sunken place will collect water [literal] - proverb - obscure term
• someone in bad circumstances will continue to accumulate difficulties - proverb - obscure term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding
• to act formally; to act stiffly

noun:

• standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step
• being unsettled; being restless; being ready to flee
• high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation - Finance term