noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted
• to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be smart; to be cool; to be sharp; to be stylish

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed - from たまきえる

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to crawl out; to creep out
• to begin to crawl

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be boiled; to be cooked; to be done; to be ready

ichidan verb:

• to be difficult to ascertain; to be difficult to understand ➜ 分かり辛い

yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived - archaism ➜ 甦る【よみがえる】

adjectival noun:

• apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do ➜ 勝ち【がち】

intransitive verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to go; to come - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる
• to be - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる

auxiliary verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• is (doing); are (doing) - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる

intransitive verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to be - after で - polite language - archaism ➜ ござる

godan ~る verb:

• to wander about; to wander around; to hang around; to loiter

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to eat; to be able to swallow - often in neg.: e.g. to stick in one's throat

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in
• to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

expression:

• not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do

noun / ~する noun:

• monk's "begging"; religious mendicancy; asking for alms
• going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card - abbreviation ➜ カンニングペーパー
• crib sheet; cheat sheet - abbreviation ➜ カンニングペーパー

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

• yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus, species of Eastern Central Pacific tang found in reefs from the Gulf of California to El Salvador)

noun:

• person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

expression:

• one becomes sleepy when one's stomach is full; full stomach, sleepy head; when the skin of the belly is extended, the skin of the eyes droops [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)