noun:

• elder sister - abbreviation ➜ お姉さん
• effeminate man (often homosexual or transsexual) - usually written using kana alone - slang ➜ おかま

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho; alley oop; (expression of) effort or strain

adjectival noun:

• discursive (i.e. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than intuition)

noun:

• mochi rice topped with fish (or other food) and steamed - Food term

interjection:

• I see; wow; expression of surprise or admiration regarding something just heard

noun:

• royalty seeking refuge outside the palace or capital during an emergency - archaism

noun:

• mounting for two or more guns (e.g. naval turret, tank) ➜ 単装砲

noun:

• New Year party where greetings (or business cards, etc.) are exchanged

noun:

• band with mostly middle-aged or elderly members

noun:

• kakistocracy; government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens

noun:

• soju; Korean spirit typically distilled from rice or sweet potatoes - From Korean

noun:

• hoe; raw fish or meat dish in Korean cuisine - Food term - From Korean

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause a stir; to create a stir; to make a stir; to cause repercussions

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

ichidan verb:

• to continue to work; to work away (at)

noun:

• prajna; wisdom required to attain enlightenment - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "prajñā"
• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ➜ 般若面【はんにゃめん】
• family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression - abbreviation ➜ 般若面【はんにゃづら】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
• to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
• to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
• to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
• to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) Antonym: 当たる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be duplicated; to be repeated ➜ ダブル
• to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to coincide
• to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.)
• to make a double play - Baseball term ➜ ダブルプレー
• to make a double fault (in tennis) - Sports term ➜ ダブルフォールト

expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money ➜ 人のふんどしで相撲を取る【ひとのふんどしですもうをとる】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

expression:

• in one go; all at once; altogether; all in one piece ➜ 纏める【まとめる】・纏める【まとめる】

noun:

• reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); trailing note
• lingering memory; aftertaste
• suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers
• closing a mine; discontinuation of mining