noun:

• paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

expression / adjective:

• no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

expression / adjective:

• of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

expression / adjective:

• of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless - idiom

expression / adjective:

• of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless ➜ 役に立たない【やくにたたない】

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

expression:

• towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic) ➜ 向ける

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り

noun / ~する noun:

• short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

noun:

• deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money
• margin (payment); warrant money; cover

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

noun:

• daughter of a person of high rank (i.e. a king, noble, aristocrat, etc.) - honorific language

noun:

• private account (esp. on Twitter); account on a social networking service that can only be viewed by approved followers - slang ➜ 垢

noun:

• hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef
• to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties; to hit a snag

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

expression:

• having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through

noun:

• Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration) ➜ ポツダム宣言

noun:

• days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) ➜ 天一神・癸巳・戊申

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• display; array (of things); succession (of things) - From English "on parade"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer
• to change the object of one's interest or focus
• to spend or take time
• to infect ➜ 風邪を移す
• to permeate something with the smell or colour of something
• to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.) ➜ 実行に移す

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip
• walking in large steps
• walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to call; to invite; to send for; to summon - honorific language
• to eat; to drink
• to put on; to wear
• to ride
• to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
• to do ➜ 召される
• used to show respect - used after the -masu stem of a verb - honorific language - archaism