noun:

• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications)

expression:

• for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

noun:

• Ishikari stew; salmon stew; salmon and vegetable stew with miso and butter

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stop an inside seam rolling about; to press open a seam (and open the left and right sides out)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to flick off; to give ... the flick; to send something flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

noun:

• heliox; gas mixture of helium and oxygen; often hypoxic gas mix used by divers; medical gas used for its low density and easy breathing

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs ➜ 結跏趺坐
• lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

noun / counter:

• mountain; hill
• mine (e.g. coal mine)
• heap; pile

noun:

• crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object
• climax; peak; critical point
• guess; speculation
• criminal case; crime - used by policemen, crime reporters, etc.
• mountain climbing; mountaineering
• festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) ➜ 山鉾
• wall; wall tile - Mahjong term
• temple; temple grounds - archaism

prefix noun:

• wild

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hammer into place ［打ち止める・打ち留める・打止める・打留める］
• to end (a performance) ［打ち止める・打ち留める・打止める・打留める］ - also うちどめる
• to kill; to slay; to shoot dead; to cut down - 撃ち止める refers esp. to a gun, and 討ち止める to a blade

noun:

• sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

noun:

• weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down
• keeping control; exercising authority
• having self-control; exercising self-discipline
• defense; guard; deterrence

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bust down a door; to break a door open

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to close down a business; to shut a business

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

adjective:

• new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

noun / ~する noun:

• stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation; falling into arrears

noun / ~する noun:

• piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

noun:

• abandonment; giving up; forsaking
• bargain (e.g. in a sale)

noun / ~する noun:

• line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch