expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make a sound; to give off a sound - often XXX(と)音がする
• to hear a sound

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean

noun:

• stage made of Japanese cypress
• the limelight; the big time

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

noun:

• gesture; gesticulation; motion

noun / ~する noun:

• gesture; sign; hand signal

noun:

• dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding

noun:

• mudra (symbolic hand gesture) - Buddhism term ➜ 印【いん】

~と adverb:

• (with a) slap; smack; whack; sound of a sharp blow with something flat - onomatopoeia
• wham; sound of striking with something solid - onomatopoeia
• zap; crack; sound of thunder - onomatopoeia

noun:

• high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)

noun / ~の noun:

• British made; made in Britain

noun / ~の noun:

• Italian made; made in Italy

noun / ~の noun:

• French (made); made in France

adverb / ~と adverb:

• rustling sound; rummaging sound - onomatopoeia

noun:

• under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.) ➜ ガード

noun:

• street performing

noun:

• performing arts

noun:

• performing musician

expression:

• no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to sound hollow
• to get excited; to become restless
• to be thrown too high; to come in high - Baseball term

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

noun:

• expressing one's intent; gesture
• ideography ➜ 表意文字

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】