noun:

• bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc. - Shintō term
• ritual burning of money, cedar sticks, or other objects as an offering ➜ 護摩【ごま】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish
• to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to have more wins than losses; to lead someone (by no. of matches)
• to take the lead over an opponent (in points)

noun:

• any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region) ➜ 西国三十三所

noun:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 京間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 京間

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun / ~の noun:

• ruling party; government party; party in power; government

noun:

• share in inheritance; inheritance share; portion of inheritance

noun:

• land speculation; real-estate speculation; speculation in land

noun:

• was ［ワズ］
• was just in; just left; just did - esp. in Twitter - slang

noun:

• assets on deposit; assets in custody; deposit assets

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo

noun:

• children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base
• taking a place; securing a position

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term
• UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile) ➜ 潜水艦発射弾道ミサイル【せんすいかんはっしゃだんどうミサイル】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat untidily
• to eat a bit of everything
• to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things

noun:

• sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
• sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color)
• layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

expression / noun:

• five-day workweek system; five-day school-week - sometimes 完全週休２日制
• having two days off in at least one week of a month

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate someone by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ あごで使う

noun:

• yo-yo fishing [literal]; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

noun:

• Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)