noun:

• adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter

noun:

• manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

noun:

• spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to disperse; to chase away
• to pursue relentlessly; to be in hot pursuit - usu. in the passive, as ～に追いまくられる

noun:

• nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital

godan ~う verb:

• to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

noun:

• financial adjustment monies; public finance adjustment reserve funds stipulated in the Local Finance Act

noun:

• (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world - four character idiom

noun:

• clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• holding down (esp. in judo); holding technique; pinning down; immobilizing; bringing under control

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

expression:

• to know one has enough; to be satisfied with one's lot in life - idiom

expression:

• in front of your nose; right next to you
• tip of one's nose

noun:

• Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

expression:

• when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be benumbed (e.g. with cold)
• to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

noun:

• lined hogfish (Bodianus leucosticticus); Bodianus rubrisos (declared separate species from B. leucosticticus in 2006)

noun:

• Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, species of requiem shark found in the northwestern Atlantic)

noun:

• question time (e.g. in parliament, diet, etc.); question period; time allowed for questions

noun:

• Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東