noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with no preconceived notions - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage - four character idiom

noun:

• lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be renewed; to change ［改まる］
• to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected ［改まる］
• to stand on ceremony; to be formal ［改まる］
• to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn

noun:

• clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
• teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

noun:

• lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market)
• skilled batter; batter on a hot streak - Baseball term
• accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
• barbershop

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions

noun:

• water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) - み is generally used in compounds ➜ 湯【ゆ】
• fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
• flood; floodwaters
• water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout ［みず］ - Sumo term ➜ 力水
• break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout ［みず］ - Sumo term ➜ 水入り

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
• to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate ➜ 人使い
• to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
• to use (language); to speak ➜ 言葉遣い

noun:

• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing this dish - named after Genghis Khan

noun:

• gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack)
• Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) ➜ 真鱈【まだら】

noun:

• ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up - poss. also from ガンガン黒い ➜ ギャル

noun / ~する noun:

• soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam
• blanching (food); parboiling food

noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey ➜ 煙管乗車

noun:

• Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs - しーしー and しし are col. ➜ 獅子

expression / ichidan verb:

• to accept an offer; to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes

noun:

• living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it

noun:

• bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

noun:

• pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

noun:

• smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

noun:

• official during the ritsuryo period who was allowed to use the state-provided stables and horses - archaism

noun:

• dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)