noun:

• (one's own) abilities and intelligence - humble language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to reveal one's true colors - idiom ➜ メッキが剥げる【メッキがはげる】

noun:

• treason; conspiracy against one's country

noun:

• one's own apartment ➜ マンション

noun:

• pulling out one's hair; trichotillomania ➜ 抜毛症

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's horizons broadened

expression:

• killing three birds with one stone - four character idiom ➜ いっせきにちょう

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent; to be in fashion; to be in vogue; to be current; to come into use

noun:

• layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
• local manners; modern customs

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• common; popular
• vulgar; low Antonym: 雅【が】

noun:

• postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards

noun:

• shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling; shelf (i.e. "on the shelf") ➜ 蔵【くら】
• rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

noun:

• soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

noun / ~する noun:

• loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction
• loss in quantity; reduction of quantity

noun:

• Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang) ［こくふ］ - abbreviation ➜ 国民政府
• provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital ➜ 律令制

noun:

• the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
• the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC and digital camera)

expression:

• like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
• to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom ➜ 灸を据える
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning ➜ 灸を据える

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be confused; to be in disorder; to be chaotic
• to have troubles; to be in a dispute
• to complain vigorously; to complain persistently

noun:

• two swords
• being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】
• bisexual (person) - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】