godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to differ; to be different
• to run counter to
• to change (into something out of the ordinary)

noun:

• the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji) ➜ 京都五山

noun / ~する noun:

• distribution (of bread and wine during Communion)

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom

noun:

• namahage; folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as them on New Year's Eve and frighten children)

noun:

• main temple; main building of a shrine
• alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies ➜ 紫宸殿・内裏
• central building of a palace; State Chamber

noun:

• cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth
• shrieking sound; woman's scream; loud scream
• cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ ホトトギス

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to try to ...; to be about to do ... - after the volitional form of verb
• to decide to ... - after the dictionary form of verb
• to take as; to treat as; to regard as
• to use for
• to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume
• to decide that; to think that
• to make into; to change into
• to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like
• to intend; to have the intention - with を目的

noun / ~の noun:

• head; chief

noun:

• chairman; governor; president ［主席］
• top student; head of the class ［首席］
• top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

noun / ~する noun:

• making a country prosperous; prosperous country
• Kōkoku era (of the Southern Court) (1340.4.28-1346.12.8)

noun:

• man of this world; the real world; temporal things
• cast-off cicada shell; cicada ［空蝉・虚蝉］

noun:

• system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site; virtual applause; web-applause [literal] - sometimes abbr. to 拍手

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of polite speech (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") ➜ ですます体

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• winter daylight; winter sunlight - obscure term
• trying to make the most of each day; devoting oneself to one's parents - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

noun:

• swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
• barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• younger man involved with an older woman ➜ 若い燕

noun:

• kasaya; monk's stole - Buddhism term
• wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) - abbreviation ➜ 袈裟懸け

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

expression:

• actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)

noun:

• golden spadefish (Platax boersii, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines); Boer's batfish

proper noun:

• faithful dog Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu