godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

adverb:

• as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's ability; diligently

noun:

• annual event of miso-making
• first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation

noun:

• uniform management; uniform control

~する noun:

• to control centrally; to manage centrally; to consolidate; to unify

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to suck in; to take in; to sop up; to take up

noun:

• head; chief; leader; elder
• the greatest of all; the most excellent

adverb:

• at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

noun:

• the whole body; limbs ［五体］
• the five styles in Japanese calligraphy ➜ 行書・書道・真書・草書・大篆・八分【はっぷん】・隷書・楷書・篆書

noun / ~する noun:

• moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar) ➜ 月見

noun / ~する noun:

• Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul

noun:

• perestroika; reform movement within the Soviet Communist Party in the 1980s - From Russian "perestroyka"

noun:

• province of the lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving for the provinces - archaism

noun:

• revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan) - four character idiom

noun:

• (late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate

adjectival noun / noun:

• being older or a senior; the first half of the year

noun:

• stage made of Japanese cypress
• the limelight; the big time

noun / ~する noun:

• alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty) ➜ 秦・連衡・六国

noun:

• something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead

noun:

• covering for the back of the hand and wrist

noun:

• Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)

noun:

• 4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back - Sumo term

noun:

• 4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun) - four character idiom