ichidan verb / transitive:

• to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to chase away; to drive away; to drive out

ichidan verb:

• to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have time free; to have time to spare

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do ➜ 遣らせる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election ➜ 特別国会

noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)

noun:

• making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

expression / adjective:

• having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; at one's wit's end

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

noun:

• umbrella; parasol
• something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 笠【かさ】

noun:

• crotch; crutch; groin; thigh
• fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

~の noun:

• lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous Antonym: 小部

adverbial noun:

• most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much

noun:

• collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning
• selection (for a position); patronage

~の noun:

• fresh; freshly picked; freshly caught

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field - four character idiom

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)

noun:

• strut; short vertical post
• thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
• handbreadth; bundle - archaism ➜ 束【そく】

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game