godan ~る verb:

• to work without sleep or rest - after Yukio Edano, Chief Cabinet Secretary during the 2011 earthquake - slang

noun:

• small type or handwriting

noun:

• sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period) - archaism - Linguistics term

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stop raining or snowing

noun:

• prayer book

noun:

• young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor

~と adverb:

• with a crunching or grinding sound - onomatopoeia
• quickly; promptly; abruptly; simply; efficiently
• crispily; crunchily ➜ さくさく

noun:

• fatherless or illegitimate child

noun:

• one's elders or superiors

noun:

• facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• shadow of a leaf or tree

expression:

• for better or worse; for good or for evil

noun:

• signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause

noun:

• failing to ripen or blossom

noun:

• prize for diligence or good attendance

noun:

• mixture of air and hydrocarbon gas or vapour - Chemistry term

noun:

• education or school expenses

noun:

• fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name - four character idiom

noun:

• prayer meeting

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at Shinto festivals

noun:

• right or wrong; correct and incorrect
• correction

noun / ~する noun:

• staying at home or indoors; living in seclusion; retirement

noun / ~する noun:

• going to or leaving school

noun:

• benefiting from the influence of a master or parent

noun:

• promotional or production rights