expression:

• one should learn from other's mistakes; stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems [literal] - proverb ➜ 他山の石

noun:

• heaven-sent warning

noun:

• queen of heaven

noun:

• celestial world; heaven

noun:

• heaven and earth

noun:

• pillars supporting heaven

noun:

• heaven and earth

noun / ~する noun:

• in heaven; heavenly

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove the astringent taste from persimmons
• to soak in water; to steep in water ［さわす］
• to matte (with black lacquer) ［さわす］

noun:

• annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds ➜ 天満宮

noun:

• announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")

noun:

• bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to slide down (snow, etc.)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to let one's hair hang down

~する noun:

• to dress down

godan ~む verb:

• to bend down with a round back ➜ 跼まる

adverb / ~と adverb:

• falling down; lacking the energy to stand; collapsing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be rehydrated; to be reconstituted; to swell from absorbed moisture ➜ 潤ける

noun:

• cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take along; to hold in the hand
• to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist) ➜ 下げる【さげる】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to contract (a disease); to suffer from