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】

noun:

• wide-mouthed ceramic vessel having a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids)
• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids ➜ 半挿【はんぞう】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to load (a gun, etc.); to charge
• to put into (e.g. emotion, effort)
• to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen ➜ 立ち込める

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

conjunction:

• but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well

particle:

• even
• however; no matter how; even if; even though
• ... or something
• either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... - as 〜でも〜でも

prefix:

• pseudo-; quack; in-name-only - before an occupation, etc.
• for lack of anything better to do - before an occupation, etc. ➜ でもしか

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell
• to be radiant; to be attractive

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
• to deal with (an issue); to manage
• to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
• to deal in; to carry; to sell

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

noun:

• accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent
• intonation; inflection; cadence
• (language) accent (e.g. American, British)
• accent (e.g. in a design); highlight; emphasis
• accent (on a note) - Music term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to find resolution; to be settled; to be agreed on; to be completed
• to be collected; to be assembled; to be brought together
• to be well arranged; to be in order; to be unified; to take shape; to be coherent

noun:

• paper flowers ［紙花］
• paper flowers for a funeral ［紙花］ - archaism
• paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation) ➜ 小菊【こぎく】

suffix / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• that is in - archaism ➜ 也【なり】
• who is called; that is called
• that is

interjection:

• I see - slang - abbreviation ➜ なるほど

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky - most oft. used disparagingly
• to get up to speed; to move into gear

noun:

• day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝

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

noun:

• steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it)
• mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions) ➜ こわめし

noun:

• two-sword school; style of fencing with one sword in each hand ➜ 二天一流
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets
• bisexuality - colloquialism
• player who can play as both pitcher and fielder - Baseball term

noun:

• main fermenting mash (in production of sake or soy sauce); unrefined sake or soy sauce

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• unrefined (sake, soy sauce, etc.); rough

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest - abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" - honorific language - Buddhism term
• initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂
• monk who conducts religious services - Buddhism term

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb