noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith ➜ 寺請制度

noun:

• the vertical; height
• front-to-back; length
• north-to-south

noun / ~の noun:

• vertical (relationship); hierarchy

noun:

• (weaving) warp ➜ 経糸【たていと】

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる

noun:

• Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)

noun:

• Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 山帰来

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 甲矢

interjection:

• excuse me; pardon me; used when visiting someone else's house to ask to be shown inside - used by samurai - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be blown inside out (of an umbrella); to become (the shape of) a sake cup [literal] - idiom

expression:

• thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be found; to be discovered

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to Tokyo
• returning to the capital - orig. meaning

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boast of; to be proud of

~する verb (spec.):

• to fall in love with; to love

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be exhausted; to be worn out

godan ~る verb / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be damp; to be moist - 一段 form is mainly spoken language

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to throw into; to toss into

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be prominent; to be conspicuous

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to pierce through; to break through