noun:

• the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period ➜ 南都六宗

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

expression / ichidan verb:

• to awaken; to perk up; to snap out (of something) ➜ 目覚める

godan ~う verb:

• to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to well up; to burst; to arise

godan ~つ verb:

• to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to pick up; to find; to gather

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bind; to fasten; to tie up

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to recover; to rally; to pick up

ichidan verb:

• to bring up; to foster; to rear

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to look up to; to respect - archaism ➜ 崇める

godan ~る verb:

• to rise; to erect; to get up ➜ 起き上がる

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to serve; to dish up; to prepare

noun:

• gradualist approach; build-up approach; buildup approach

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to daub; to brush; to touch up

noun / ~する noun:

• resistance; opposition; standing up to
• reluctance; repulsion; repugnance
• resistance; drag; friction - Physics term
• electrical resistance - abbreviation ➜ 電気抵抗

noun:

• resistor - abbreviation ➜ 抵抗器

noun:

• someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail - pun on かたつむり - colloquialism ➜ こたつ・こたつむり

noun / ~する noun:

• scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
• dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• foolishly (laughing); thoughtlessly (smiling) - onomatopoeia
• indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); frivolously; flippantly - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flaring up; bursting into flames - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

noun:

• foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning

noun:

• ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
• up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo) ［上り］ ➜ 上り列車

noun / ~の noun:

• northward (towards Tokyo)

noun / ~する noun:

• crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

noun / ~する noun:

• giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]

noun:

• breaking up a match (on the decision of the referee, in boxing, etc.) - From English "referee stop"