expression / ichidan verb:

• to have stiff shoulders - archaism ➜ 肩が凝る

noun:

• wisdom tooth
• not knowing who your parents are; person who doesn't know who their parents are

noun:

• proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

expression:

• How are things with you?; How are you doing?

adjective:

• awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

adjective:

• formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

adjectival noun / noun:

• tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

adjective:

• formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave

adjective:

• tough; stiff; hard
• inflexible; obstinate; stubborn

adjectival noun / noun:

• dried stiff (esp. of something sticky) - colloquialism

noun:

• Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used ➜ ラマルク説

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind [literal] - proverb - sensitive

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open [literal] - proverb - sensitive ➜ 目明き千人盲千人

noun:

• stiff shoulders (owing to age)
• frozen shoulder

adjectival noun:

• rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality)

noun:

• clangor

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• formal; stiff (style of speaking, writing, etc.); humble; respectful ➜ 畏まる【かしこまる】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; stilted - onomatopoeia
• strained (relations); sour - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (like a pickle); crunchy - onomatopoeia
• firm (musculature) - onomatopoeia
• stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong - proverb

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; unsociable; edgy - onomatopoeia
• thin and bony; scrawny - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stiffen; to become stiff

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb