noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun / ~する noun:

• permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time - obscure term

noun:

• (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and/or served in Edo for a fixed period of time - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry something out of a place
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
• to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention

noun:

• native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 国字
• made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation
• creating a character with a group of people ➜ 人文字

noun:

• ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities
• ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami

noun:

• thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot ➜ 絹皮【きぬかわ】

noun / ~の noun:

• ideal
• ideal in a ring (i.e. subset of a ring closed under addition and multiplication by elements of the ambient ring) - Mathematics term

expression:

• to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying

noun:

• law of the country where a person habitually resides or is a national; law applicable to a person or to a person's legal problems

noun / adjectival noun:

• being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear - four character idiom

noun / prefix:

• both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.)

noun:

• ryo (obsolete unit of currency)
• 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) ➜ 斤
• 2 tan (measure of fabric size) ➜ 反【たん】

counter:

• counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles - also written 輛 and 輌

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)

noun:

• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk) ➜ 茶筅

noun:

• screw
• key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to cast a shadow; to appear
• to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

expression:

• would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

noun / ~する noun:

• realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition - four character idiom

noun:

• salted entrails of a sea cucumber; salted entrails of a trepang ➜ 海鼠【こ】

noun:

• head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
• to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
• to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
• to grasp (a point); to comprehend
• to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hang; to suspend; to sling; to wear (e.g. a sword); to put up (e.g. a shelf)
• to hang oneself - in the form 首を吊る ➜ 首を吊る
• to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth - Sumo term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes) - usually written using kana alone
• to pucker (e.g. of a seam); to be pulled tight - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

noun:

• promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); booth babe
• hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.)
• companion - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback - colloquialism

noun:

• stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
• rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.