noun / ~する noun:

• uncoupling (usu. cars or wagons from a train)

noun:

• residue (e.g. from sugar cane or beets)

noun:

• cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

noun / ~する noun:

• decontamination (e.g. from chemical or radioactive contamination)

noun:

• earth removed from a mine (or tunnel, etc.)

temporal noun:

• (period of) a year

suffix noun:

• during an era

noun:

• (Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies

noun:

• manner of Heian era palatial architecture

noun:

• dawning (of a new era); dawn

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

noun:

• dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
• manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 菩提道場

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw back; to sink; to cave in
• to be set back (e.g. from a road)
• to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

expression / noun:

• group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies

noun:

• holding a job; being employed ［ゆうしょく］ Antonym: 無職
• being learned; being knowledgeable - archaism
• having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer - archaism
• being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households - archaism

noun:

• boa catshark (Scyliorhinus boa, species from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• wild fox
• fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession ［やこ］ - archaism

noun:

• ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)

godan ~う verb:

• to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray - archaism
• to pray for the death or misfortune of another; to curse
• to treat illness with prayer

expression:

• the student has become the master; blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo [literal] - proverb

noun:

• first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
• initials (of one's name)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on a moderate amount of lean or firm weight; to gain healthy weight (e.g. from muscle); to become overweight as opposed to obese

noun:

• style of painting

noun:

• style of acting

noun:

• style of penmanship

noun:

• style of calligraphy