noun / ~の noun:

• half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary

noun:

• lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth

noun:

• doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day - four character idiom

expression:

• the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path

noun:

• the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)
• to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

adverb:

• at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand

noun:

• way of moving one's arms; skill
• money at hand; pocket money
• grip; handle

expression:

• victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom

noun:

• getting what one wants by complaining or grumbling; profiting by holding out or taking a hard line; getting more by raising a ruckus - colloquialism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
• to result in; to prove to be
• to consist of; to be composed of
• to succeed; to be complete
• to change into; to be exchanged for
• to play a role ➜ 成り済ます
• to be promoted - Shōgi term

godan ~る verb:

• to do ... - as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc. - honorific language

noun:

• wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar
• chip; crack; scratch; nick
• flaw; defect; weakness; weak point ➜ 玉に疵
• stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour
• (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings ➜ 心の傷

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福・ひょっとこ
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - abbreviation ➜ お亀蕎麦

noun:

• bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to build a market for; to promote (a product); to sell; to become well known
• to promote oneself; to sell oneself
• to sell heavily

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

noun / ~の noun:

• bargaining; negotiation
• turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
• sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to attend a meeting; to have the honor of being present at a meeting; to soil the lowest seat by one's presence [literal] - humble language

noun:

• shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
• barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to look up at; to raise one's eyes
• to look up to; to admire; to respect

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps ➜ ひきかえす

noun:

• penitence by chanting sutras; confession (of sins); Tendai ritual of chanting Lotus Sutra or to Kanzeon, Amida, or Kichijoten for forgiveness of sins performed unknowingly - Buddhism term

noun / suffix noun:

• penitence sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• guidebook to penitence - Buddhism term

expression:

• things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy - idiom

expression / adverb:

• as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible