noun:

• straight A's

godan ~く verb:

• to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular
• to fret; to sulk; to complain
• to rain on and off

noun:

• steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)

noun:

• soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

noun:

• blue-ringed octopus (esp. one species, the blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata)

noun:

• pit; hole - archaism
• kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

noun:

• garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing - poetical term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be determined to do or die; to never give up until one is dead

noun:

• three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)

noun:

• the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• the time before last; last time but one

godan ~う verb:

• to support each other; to support one another

noun:

• Saisetsu; one of the eight gods of the Koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Saiha; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Hyoubi; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Saikyo; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Daion; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• each; each one - often used adverbially as てんでんに ➜ てんでに

noun:

• traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back ➜ 島田髷

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

noun:

• swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion - used as a symbol for Buddhist temples on maps ➜ ハーケンクロイツ
• swastika-shaped family crest

interjection:

• wow; yeah; ugh; yuck; awesome; really; let's go ［卍］ - usu. at the beginning or/and end of a sentence or word but also by itself; used for emphasis, etc. - slang

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

noun:

• room; chamber
• monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters
• bedroom (of a married couple)
• locule (in a plant ovary)
• atria and ventricles