noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become empty (hollow)
• to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt

noun:

• disk-shaped pad for pressing paper when making a print from a wood block; rubbing pad; baren

noun:

• coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions) ➜ 対応説

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt - incorrect variant of 合いの手を入れる ➜ 合いの手を入れる

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• on the cheap side; comparatively cheap ➜ 高め【たかめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term

noun:

• stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

~と adverb / adverb:

• isolated; standing alone - ぽっつり is emphatic - onomatopoeia
• falling in drops (e.g. rain) - onomatopoeia
• saying a single word; muttering just a few words - onomatopoeia

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound - also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ
• to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
• to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
• to move; to impress; to touch
• to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
• to type; to send; to transmit
• to insert; to write in; to mark
• to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
• to till (soil)
• to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
• to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
• to pay (a deposit, etc.)
• to visit (on a pilgrimage)
• to line (a coat)
• to bind (a criminal)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end

auxiliary verb / noun or verb acting prenominally / godan ~る verb:

• extremely - after adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss - esp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる
• to be decided; to be settled

noun:

• the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea; magnanimous - four character idiom

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

noun:

• guardrail; handrail; bannister; balustrade; parapet
• (a person) shining like the stars or moon; (a person) crying endlessly ［欄干・闌干］ - archaism

noun:

• pointed knife
• logging; cutting
• (beef) scraps
• starting to speak
• extraction (of a portion of a media file); splicing out

noun:

• woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt) ➜ 腰巻き
• single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath) ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day - Buddhism term

noun:

• keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life
• keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

noun:

• beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism

noun:

• traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction

noun / ~する noun:

• something that has been jacked up (e.g. a car); raising something with a jack

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to write well; to be a good writer; to wield a facile pen