noun:

• falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground
• failure; failing
• renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
• batter (construction technique)

noun:

• marginal seal (special seal affixed into the margins of an official document to indicate that any later revisions to the document are valid)

noun:

• Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya) - archaism ➜ 袈裟・絡子【らくす】
• ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
• netsuke; item attached to a netsuke ➜ 根付け

proper noun:

• Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible); Letter to the Hebrews; Hebrews ➜ ヘブライ人への手紙

noun:

• type Japanese folkloric monster (yokai), thought to be a trio of weasels who appear in a whirlwind to cut their victim
• cut caused by whirlwind

noun:

• turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn (attached to an arrow to sound when fired) - abbreviation ➜ 蕪
• arrow with such a whistle attached ➜ 鏑矢

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term

adverb:

• hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom

noun / adverb:

• hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment - four character idiom

expression:

• trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.); open; public

noun:

• temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty)
• name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)

godan ~む verb:

• to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
• to bring in a man for sex

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• unrelated; irrelevant; indifferent Antonym: 有縁

~の noun / noun:

• without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
• unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 有縁

noun:

• numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.)
• zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

noun:

• way to hit (e.g. ball); way to swing (e.g. club)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

expression / godan ~う verb (spec.):

• to call one's ability into question; to weigh one's ability

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give one's life; to lay down one's life

ichidan verb:

• to be (too) late getting married ➜ 嫁に行き遅れる
• to be (too) late going somewhere

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

noun:

• mandate (e.g. to use resources); lease (e.g. to use facilities)